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Telnet Dialogue With User Authentication

Figure illustrates the dialogue for connecting from faraway to mymachine.

Note the differences between this example and the standard telnet connection dialogue, as well as the differences between this dialogue and the standard Eagle telnet dialogue..

  1. The user specifies the Eagle Gateway as the destination host, not the true destination host.
  2. The Eagle Gateway prompts for the true destination hostname
  3. The Eagle Gateway prompts for the Gateway username and password before connecting to the destination host
  4. The destination host prompts for a username and password before permitting the login.

The user is now logged in as user username on mymachine via passthrough telnet. The Eagle will continue to transparently pass characters between the two systems until the user logs out.


tkevans@delmarva.com