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		      Lynx as a Hytelnet Engine

Hytelnet  is  a hypertext database application  that  provides a large
list of  telnet sites  accessible via  the Internet.  Hytelnet employs
HYPERREZ as a database  engine.  Having evolved partially from  a UNIX
version  of HYPERREZ,  Lynx  retains the  ability to process  Hytelnet
databases with minor modifications (mostly to file naming).

To do  that, Lynx notices telnet and  tn3270 commands  embedded in its
hypertext files, and will present them as links that  can be activated
by the user   if desired.  If  these  links  are activated,  Lynx will
execute the selected telnet command.

By default, Lynx  ignores  telnet commands if a  user is running as  a
guest process and  came into the  local system from  outside the local
domain,  and also ignores  telnet commands  preceded by a Lynx comment
link (so that this feature may be selectively disabled).

Users  can further disable  or restrict Lynx's recognition  of  telnet
commands via Lynx command line arguments.  For example, it is possible
to prevent Lynx from  executing telnet commands  connecting to numeric
Internet addresses, or disable telnet connections altogether.

Since Lynx can process distributed hypertext files,  it is possible to
set up  the Hytelnet database to  run from a  Gopher server  via Lynx.
Any  Lynx client  with  access to  the server  can then  use  Hytelnet
services.

