[ale] shell accounts

[jj at spiderentertainment.com]

Not sure about mindspring, but shell account is your regular telnet
login, mostly via csh, some via bash. You can telnet to the machine, and
work on it.

Most isp do not offer such thing anymore as it leads to security
problems, plus an average person does not need a shell account.

Too many buffer overruns !.


"Brian K. Murphy" wrote:

> With all the discussion of Mindspring & Earthlink there has been a
> thread about shell accounts.  As a ISP owner for my own selfish gain
> (at least I'm honest!!) someone please fill me in.  I am well aware of
> what a shell account it, but have never had one through a ISP.  What
> is a typical charge for shell access, what does it basically involve,
> and why does no one seem to offer it anymore?? Keith Murphy powerhouse
> communications