Telnet & FTP

TCP/IP Applications

• World Wide Web's Hypertext Transfer

Protocol (HTTP)
• Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
• File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
• Telnet (Telnet) which lets you logon to remote
computers
• Simple Network Management Protocol
(SNMP)
 (Telnet), (FTP) & E-mail

Content
„ Remote access (telnet)
… Common uses of Telnet
„ File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
… Common uses of FTP
„ E-Mail

Telnet : DEFINITION

9 Telnet is a telecommunications software utility

which allows you to become a user on a remote
computer. Once you access the remote terminal,
you can use it for its intended purposes.
9 Telnet utility does not allow you to transfer and
save files to your own computer.
9 Telnet usually works between different operating
systems.
 Telnet : DEFINITION

9 The term "TELNET" also refers to the remote

login that's possible on the Internet because of
the TELNET Protocol.
9 Telnet allows you to remotely access a computer
over the Internet.
- allows you to create, edit, execute and delete
files just as if you were sitting at that
computer.

Telnet : DEFINITION

9 "Telnet to a host" means to establish a

connection across the Internet from one host
to another.
9 Usually, you must have an account on the
remote host to be able to login
 Common uses of Telnet

log on to a remote computer as a regular user

with whatever privileges (you may have been
granted) to the specific application and data :

Common uses of Telnet

• Connecting to a system to use specific

programs such as e-mail and ststistics
applications
• Connecting to a networking device for
information or configuration purposes – e.g
for trouble shooting
• Connecting to an online database of
information e.g library catalogue
• Connecting to an online forum to interact
and communicate
 accessing library’s OPAC the most
popular application during the era of
text based internet
1. telnet://locis.loc.gov :US Library of Congress
2. telnet://pac.carl.org : A system of US libraries
Login: PAC (Choose VT100)
3. OLIS Perpustakaan UM
telnet ://202.185.96.1
Username : OPAX

Contoh Telnet ke Library UM

To set web permissions

via telnet:
1. Click on the Start
menu in the lower left
corner of the screen.

2. Drag up to or select
"Run" from the Start
menu.
 Contoh Telnet ke Library UM

Contoh Telnet ke Library

UM

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 Arahan asas dalam telnet :
UNIX

Arahan asas dalam

telnet :
UNIX
 Flies Transfer Protocol : FTP

Perbincangan akan berkisar tentang:

tentang:

„ Definition
„ Maksud dan istilah-
istilah-istilah asas ftp
„ Konsep upload dan download

FTP : DEFINITION

9 FTP is a protocol that allow computers to

communicate with each other across the
Internet to arrange for the transfer of
files from one computer to another

9 FTP ('File Transfer Protocol') is a way to

quickly upload and download files on the
Internet.

http://www.ftpplanet.com/ftpresources/basics.htm
 FTP : DEFINITION

9 Not all computers provide FTP service. Host

(server) computers must run FTP server
software to manage connections from client
machines requiring FTP access to the server’s
files

9 FTP provides clients with a window into the

server that displays the files that can be
copied to the client machine’s storage media.

FTP : DEFINITION

9 Typically a site on the Internet stores a

number of files (they could be application
executables, graphics, or audio clips, for
example), and runs an FTP server
application that waits for transfer requests.

9 Some FTP servers are set up for private

use, and access is controlled by a user
name and password method.
FTP : DEFINITION

9 To download a file to your own system, you

run an FTP client application (example : WS
FTP)
FTP) that connects to the FTP server, and
request a file from a particular directory or
folder.
9 Files can be uploaded to the FTP server, if
appropriate access is granted. Many
Internet Service Providers limit the size of
email attachments (around 5MB). Using
FTP, you are only limited by the amount of
space you are allocated on the server.

FTP : uses

- Uploading files from PC to Server

- Tranfering files from PC to PC
- Downloading software from server to PC

- ……..
……..
 Benefits Of FTP

9 Quickly transfer large amounts of data between your

clients, vendors, and anyone else who has an Internet
connection and FTP client software.
software.
9 Reduce or eliminate the need to copy data on disks for
overnight delivery, saving time and money.
9 No need for expensive server software and static IP
address to host your own site.
9 Share your files with others securely. A user ID and
password is needed to access your site.

Download & Upload

9 Files can be transferred in either direction.

9 "Downloading," refers to a transfer of a file

from a remote computer to your computer.

9 "Uploading" refers to a transfer of a file from

your computer to a remote computer
 Download & Upload

9 In order to upload or download a file by FTP, you need to do

four things:

1. Login into a remote computer that has been

configured as an FTP server.
2. Submit a username and a password to gain access
to the remote system.
3. Change to the particular directory on the remote
system which contains the file you wish to download
or upload.
4. Transfer the file to or from the system in question.

Anonymous and Non-anonymous

FTP

9 There are two types of FTP

9 "anonymous"
9 "non-
"non-anonymous."
9 The most widely used type is anonymous
FTP.
9 If a file is stored in an anonymous FTP
directory virtually anyone with Internet
access and an FTP program of some sort,
even a web browser, can download the file.
9 Uploading, on the other hand, is not usually
possible with anonymous FTP.
 Anonymous and Non-anonymous
FTP

9 Anonymous FTP is used primarily to give

the Internet public download access to a
particular directory of files. Anyone can
download files from the directory, but only
the "owner" of directory can upload to the
directory.
9 E.g downloading mp3 player from the host