From: W. Trevor King <wking@drexel.edu>
Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:35:04 +0000 (-0500)
Subject: Add the words 'telnet' to the simple server post (so I find it with grep ;).
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Add the words 'telnet' to the simple server post (so I find it with grep ;).
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diff --git a/posts/Simple_servers.mdwn b/posts/Simple_servers.mdwn
index 97b03b8..e61c979 100644
--- a/posts/Simple_servers.mdwn
+++ b/posts/Simple_servers.mdwn
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ own.  If you want netcat to stay up you'll have to restart it:
 
 The `:` is Bash's noop.
 
+If you just want a simple telnet-style connection use:
+
+    b$ nc a.example.net 8080
 
 For a secure connection, use [OpenSSL][] (see [[X.509_certificate]]
 for more on generating keys and certificates):