Star Wars.... GREAT!!!

Just to clear things up Star Wars and I just DON'T mix! Now with that behind us, lets get on with the show...

For task B we had to telnet over to blinkenlights which if you had not put two and two together is a Star Wars story. This apart from being Star Wars was pretty cool, these guys who made this up must have had a hell of a lot of time on their hands! I mean to take the time of putting such a flashy show together.

The way the guys developed the pictures using letters and numbers etc to make the story more interesting. Whereas now days you can transfer a video from one computer to another in a few clicks of a mouse. However these guys probably had the same idea as we now have, they just didn't have the technology and knowledge to be able to make it happen to the extent we can now.

Its pretty amazing to be able to see that this is where the internet used to be, and to think about just how far it has come in really, a pretty short time. Today you can log onto someone else's computer and see there screen and access all the programs that they would be able to access if they were sitting there infront of it.


Great little task, really was an eye opener as I thought telnet wouldn't work with stuff like this, it kinda reminds me of some old dos looking games I used to play...

Those were the good old days... haha

Do you trust everyone in this World??

I hadn't heard much of Telnet before this unit, nor had I used it before. I followed the instructions in the study area, and read up a bit more on what Telnet is. Now understanding that it is a Telecommunication Network or more easily understood as a service providing us access to another computer using the command-line interface. So off I headed to try my luck with task A.

Getting onto telnet was quite straight forward, following the steps in the study area I ended up at Deakin library searching for books written by Bennahum. These results were then quickly displayed on my screen and I was easily able to email this to my Curtin email address.
A very short time later the email arrived in my inbox.




The Boo boo's of Telnet!
Telnet was developed back in 1969 when very few people had access to the internet, those that were lucky enough to have it were part of the computer departments in LARGE organisations or worked for research based organisations. So the security issues that we face today with the internet weren't even thought of back then however unfortunately overtime telnet has become less popular since the internet became the 'in thing' in the 90's. As Telnet is unable to encrypt the information sent between the client and the receiver it allows hackers to easily gain access to private information being sent between the two computers.

I found this service to be a quick and straight forward process and so far based on my experiences would not hesitate in using Telnet again if it wasn't for its lack in security in todays world!!

I love Technology!!!

On Saturday I worked through all the readings for module 1.
I started finding myself getting rather excited and just wanted to keep reading and learning more! This module is so interesting, it has made me think about so much that has never crossed my mind. WOW it has given me such a big insite to just how everything works with the net. I have had an understanding of the basic process but this has just made me so impressed with the whole thing!
The animated router really helps to show just how much we value routers and what a significant role they play in getting us the correct IP (Domain name) that we request.
My dad is a computer programer so usually I just asked him when something goes wrong or had his help when I have gotten stuck, I had never actually understood the jargon he was using. But now... look out haha
I really love the website howstuffworks!!!! With several different diagrams and demonstations to help explain what was being discussed. This just made it much easier to understand and visualise.
I am really enjoying this unit so far and learning so much I didn't know before starting!

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