In <[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] writes: > There has been traffic lately about switching to Telnet from NS/VT due to > firewall configuration issues. Besides concerns about the stability of > Telnet, what are other advantages/disadvantages of NS/VT vs. Telnet? Some firewalls don't know how to "proxy" (or allow pass-thru) of non-standard services like NSVT (which operates on TCP port 1537 or 1570). NS/VT will *usually* be a little more efficient than telnet, but the newest telnet implementations make the difference small. -Chris (remove nospam) Bartram