Telnet => servname ai_socktype error

[Ashish SHUKLA]

jaymax  writes:

> telnet 0 smtp
> is the same as
> telnet localhost 25 
> or 
> telnet localhost smtp

#v+
% getent hosts 0
0.0.0.0           0
% telnet 0 25
Trying 0.0.0.0...
Connected to 0.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 chateau.d.if ESMTP
^]
telnet> quit
Connection closed.
#v-

I wasn't expecting this to even work. I hope this connecting to the wild-card
address only works on the same box.

And sorry I didn't know that connecting to 0.0.0.0 actually connects to
127.0.0.1.

But its interesting how 'getent hosts' returns an IPv4 address when given a
32-bit number as hostname.

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