RFC 854: Telnet Protocol Specification

Network Working Group J. Postel Request for Comments: 854 J. Reynolds ISI Obsoletes: NIC 18639 May 1983 TELNET PROTOCOL SPECIFICATION This RFC specifies a standard for the ARPA Internet community. Hosts on the ARPA Internet are expected to adopt and implement this standard. INTRODUCTION The purpose of the TELNET Protocol is to provide a fairly general, bi-directional, eight-bit byte oriented commu

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TELNET is a layer 7 protocol to maneuver remote server, defined by RFC854 in 1983. Since Telnet doesn't specify any encryption of messages, it is now considered as unsecured. (in English)