-on alpha:
$ _RLDLIST=`pwd`/alt_connect.so:DEFAULT
$ export _RLDLIST

-on most systems:
$ LD_LIBRARY_PATH=`pwd`/alt_connect.so

-then
$ ALT_HOST=<desired host>
$ ALT_PORT=<desired port>
$ export ALT_HOST ALT_PORT
$ telnet <desired remote host> 
...
