TLS/SSL enabled telnet?

[JoeShmo]

I can't get at the webserver for our vMCD (but can get at the MSL).  So I wanted to get into the 'ol port 2002 to try to restart the webserver for the MCD.  however, both telnet and tls_telnet tell me:
For security reasons, a TLS/SSL enabled telnet client MUST be used to connect
I've tried putty for windows (both ssh and telnet, and changing port to 2002), and tried telnet-tls for linux, and no luck.  Is there any trick, or known working program/method to get it to work?

I suppose I could just reboot the controller, and hope that none of the ~500 users notice.

[bluewhite4]

If using putty, try change the mode to RAW and then the port to 2002.

[JoeShmo]

that did it... thanks.. silly me, I THOUGHT about using that RAW option, but didnt.. shoulda tried everything.  oh well.

restarting the webserver didnt seem to help tho.  So I guess I'll just reboot the silly thing after hours.