Wikipedia Telnet Server
Sometime, browsing over http/https is just too insecure. For those times when you must absolutely guarantee no executable code will be served to you, we present:
Wikipedia via telnet.
Uses the nice mw-ocg-texter package to do pleasant Unicode rendering of Wikipedia content, via the Wikipedia REST API.
Based on the gist by Ori Livneh at https://gist.github.com/atdt/4037228
Installation
To install the binary, use:
npm install -g wikipedia-telnet
Or else for local development, install the node package dependencies with:
npm install
Running
Start a telnet server on port 1081:
$ wikipedia-telnet 1081
If developing locally, use:
$ node index.js 1081
Sample session:
$ telnet localhost 1081
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The Free Encyclopedia
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Version 1.26 15 Sep 2015 122,548 Users
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MotD last updated: 08:12 PM September 15, 2015
Welcome to Wikipedia! We are the world's largest community driven dial-in
hypertext encyclopedia with over 4.9 million articles in English.
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C O M M U N I T Y N E W S
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Type "WP:SIGNPOST" at the prompt to read more.
- Gallery: Being Welsh
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with alarming regularity
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article
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Be sure to check out some of our sister projects:
* Wikisource Type: "use en.wikisource.org"
- Our digital book library
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- A powerful multilingual dictionary
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S U P P O R T U S
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* Learn how to edit: type "WP:CTW" at the prompt.
* Find out how to support us: type "WP:FUND" at the prompt.
Type an article name to read an article.
Type "use xx.wikipedia.org" to switch projects.
Type "quit" to exit.
>>> telnet
telnet
Not to be confused with Telenet.
Telnet is a session layer protocol used on the Internet or local area
networks to provide a bidirectional interactive text-oriented communication
facility using a virtual terminal connection. User data is interspersed
in-band with Telnet control information in an 8-bit byte oriented data
connection over the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP).
[...]
>>> use es.wikipedia.org
Using es.wikipedia.org for future articles.
>>> telnet
telnet
Telnet (Telecommunication Network¹ ) es el nombre de un protocolo de red
que nos permite viajar a otra máquina para manejarla remotamente como si
estuviéramos sentados delante de ella. También es el nombre del programa
informático que implementa el cliente. Para que la conexión funcione, como
en todos los servicios de Internet, la máquina a la que se acceda debe
tener un programa especial que reciba y gestione las conexiones. El puerto
que se utiliza generalmente es el 23.
[...]
>>> use en.wiktionary.org
Using en.wiktionary.org for future articles.
>>> telnet
telnet
English
Pronunciation
-
Etymology
telecommunication network
Alternative forms
- Telnet
- TELNET
Noun
Wikipedia
telnet (uncountable)
- (computing) A network protocol that enables one computer to communicate
with another via the Internet; the program that acts as the client in
this situation
Verb
telnet (third-person singular simple present telnets, present participle
telnetting or telneting, simple past and past participle telnetted or
telneted)
- (computing, intransitive) To use such a program to make such a connection
Anagrams
- letten
- nettle
>>> quit
Bye!
Connection closed by foreign host.
License
Copyright (c) 2015 C. Scott Ananian
Licensed under AGPLv3.