🚀 go-pugleaf

Hi all I had been struggling with the IdTelnetServer all week.
By default, the windows Telnet client echos what you type on screen.

What happens next is that is when you try to authenticate, naturally
the username ands password gets echoed to the screen along with your 
entire session.

What I did was this in the onconnect.....

//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
void __fastcall TDataModule1::TelnetConnect(TIdPeerThread *AThread)
{
   unsigned char s[4];
   s[0]=(unsigned char)255;
   s[1]=(unsigned char)254;
   s[2]=(unsigned char)1;
   s[3]=NULL;
   AThread->Connection->Write(s);
   Sleep(250);
   AThread->Connection->ReadBuffer(s, 3);
   AnsiString init="Connected to Server. You have 3 Login Attempts...\r\n";
   AThread->Connection->WriteLn(init);
}
//---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Those three characters are telnet protocol commands that tell
the telnet client not to echo characters. Check the RFC.

The ReadBuffer command is required because the three characters
that comprise the command gets echoed into the password field
for some reason.

What I want to propose is to do this in the original indy source, or 
have an option echo on/off in the property editor.

BTW: I use Indy 9.0.50 on BCB6 Ent. And I do not have Indy 10 maybe
one of you folks can test to see if it has the same issue.

(just my 2 cents)
Colin B Maharaj
Trinidad, WI.