So what's this Telnet @220.253.002.226 thing?

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May 6 2010, 3:47 pm
Sometimes on BYOND Tabletop Gaming, this happens.

Telnet @220.253.002.226 logs in.
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Telnet @220.253.002.226: J+sQB<obM{$l 44GwiM-+l8/ e J#rr@h|:K8冂^0m,?61@@%yhWt\( 3qOAu&X<  *VQ{}  :
Telnet @220.253.002.226 was muted for spam.
Winter Tail: I never understood those things
Zengakou: me either
Matching IP check for Telnet @220.253.002.226 (220.253.2.226)
0 IP Matches 0 Domain matches
Winter Tail: Matching IP check for Telnet @220.253.002.226 (220.253.2.226)
0 IP Matches 0 Domain matches
Winter Tail bans Telnet @220.253.002.226.


Basically, that Telnet thing logs in, posts garbage, and is caught by the zealous spam filter. I want to know what the heck it is.
May 6 2010, 9:49 pm
It could be either a client trying to automatically send some data that is needed for other games/protocols, but that you don't need, or a simple attempt to spam, or anything in between.
May 7 2010, 2:45 am
BYOND doesn't just support Dream Seeker as a means of playing games. If you have a text only game, you can support the Telnet protocol.

For example, if you were to go into command prompt and type "telenet" without the quotes, you'd suddenly be in a telnet prompt. From here, you can type "-open [ip_of_server] [server_port]" without the quotes to access that server using telnet.

In the actual key, Telnet @220.253.002.226, "Telnet" tells you it's a telnet client, @220.253.002.226 tells you the IP address of the user. So it's essentially: Telnet at 220.253.002.226. Here is a whois lookup of the IP.