[CentOS] Antwort: Re: Strange connectivity problem from linux.

Fri Aug 28 08:01:44 UTC 2009
Frank.Brodbeck at klingel.de <Frank.Brodbeck at klingel.de>

Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at gmail.com>  schrieb am 27.08.2009 20:53:14:
> I'd assume that 'telnet hostname 443' is intended to be a test for 
> an https web service - which should in fact not permit a connection 
> without ssl encryption. The linux version of telnet probably tries 
> to do some options negotiations before it says it is connected and 
> perhaps the windows version doesn't.   A better test would be
> wget https://adp.eease.com

Just for completeness, s_client(1) would be an alternative for
testing purposes, too.

Frank.