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  • ftelnet not working on webpage

    From Denn Gray@1:103/705 to All on Sun Mar 19 11:36:02 2017
    Recently I noticed that the ftelnet applet no longer works on my Syncronet generated webpage, So I decided to try other Synchronet webpages.
    I tried several BBS's listed on the Synchronet BBS list.
    This only applies the the Synchronet embeded ftelnet.
    is there a fix for this?
    /a

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  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12.73 to Denn Gray on Mon Mar 20 22:02:42 2017

    On 2017 Mar 19 11:36:02, you wrote to All:

    Recently I noticed that the ftelnet applet no longer works on my Syncronet generated webpage, So I decided to try other Synchronet webpages.
    I tried several BBS's listed on the Synchronet BBS list.
    This only applies the the Synchronet embeded ftelnet.
    is there a fix for this?

    have ayou tried a different browser? consider this, what language is ftelnet written in? if it is javascript or java, it may very well be limited in execution by your browser... if it is written in flash, it is very likely that is is being limited by your browser...

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  • From echicken@1:103/705 to Denn Gray on Mon Mar 20 22:45:00 2017
    Re: ftelnet not working on webpage
    By: Denn Gray to All on Sun Mar 19 2017 11:36:03

    Recently I noticed that the ftelnet applet no longer works on my Syncronet generated webpage, So I decided to try other Synchronet webpages.

    The first problem is that the version you're using is Flash based, and that plugin is disabled by default in many browsers now.

    The second problem is that I am unable to connect to a "Flash Socket Policy Server" at the same domain that you're serving fTelnet from. This server needs to be running so that the Flash plugin can connect to it and find that it has permission to connect to other ports on your server.

    There should be an entry like this in your ctrl/services.ini file:

    [FlashPolicy]
    Port=843
    Command=flashpolicyserver.js

    And you should have port 843 open on / forwarded to your BBS server.

    I tried several BBS's listed on the Synchronet BBS list.

    They could all be similarly misconfigured, or be having entirely different problems. Whether it's an older Flash based client or a newer websocket/HTML5 one, there are configuration steps that tend to trip people up.

    Ultimately the best solution would be to update to a newer version of fTelnet.

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