TELNET
I was at a conference in Keele University a year or so ago. To be allowed wireless internet access, I had to log in and change my default password using... wait for it...

TELNET.

For. The . Win.

(and still, in 2010: www.students.keele.ac.uk/ie7.html)

Keele University ITS department - what is going on?
(nordelius, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 13:33, 7 replies)

This should win
I thought Telnet was old fashioned in 2000.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 18:09, closed)

I use telnet* every day at work
it's still a very useful diagnostic tool

*Admittedly not using port 23, rather port 80 mainly and a little bit of 390, 51646, 5301 and even some 443.
( buffet_the_appetite_slayer ٩(●̮̃•)۶ jacked in to the ICE on, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 20:04, closed)

Exactly...
Any IT security employee worth their salt will use telnet and a DOS command prompt/Terminal on a daily basis. Frankly, I'd be wary of hiring one who doesn't...

Just because the days of telnet-ing into a BBS to get your porn fix are over, doesn't mean it's outdated - it just means fewer teenagers actually learn how the Internet actually works...
(Chad, Thu 4 Nov 2010, 20:32, closed)

Aye..
I've got no issues with Telnet as a technology, it still (in 2010) has a hell of a lot of useful applications. But letting conference delegates and students change their password and get on the wireless is clearly not one of them.
(nordelius, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 11:04, closed)

443?
openssl s_client -connect host:port please :)
(Toucan - http://www.titmonday.com, Fri 5 Nov 2010, 16:46, closed)

I use telnet for diagnostics
but that's only like once in months.
(Archeleus hates cabbage, Sun 7 Nov 2010, 5:15, closed)

I use telnet + ssh all the time
Cisco + similar switches, routers & firewalls are more often managed from the CLI than not.
( wangmaster2000, Mon 8 Nov 2010, 11:06, closed)