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The `telnet' '''command line application is a simple''' [[Protocols|TCP]] client that creates connections and sends and receives data for [[plaintext]] [[protocols]].
 
The `telnet' '''command line application is a simple''' [[Protocols|TCP]] client that creates connections and sends and receives data for [[plaintext]] [[protocols]].
 
  
 
==Protocol==
 
==Protocol==
  
The telnet protocol is a [[plaintext]] protocol originally developed to provide remote-access for system administrators.  On port 23, the telnet service would listen, prompt the user for [[authentication credentials]]s, and then drop them into [[bash]] or [[MS-DOS]].
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The telnet protocol is a [[plaintext]] protocol originally developed to provide remote-access for system administrators.  On port 23, the telnet service would listen, prompt the user for [[authentication credential]]s, and then drop them into [[bash]] or [[MS-DOS]].
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Latest revision as of 21:11, 19 May 2012

Command-Line Application

The `telnet' command line application is a simple TCP client that creates connections and sends and receives data for plaintext protocols.

Protocol

The telnet protocol is a plaintext protocol originally developed to provide remote-access for system administrators. On port 23, the telnet service would listen, prompt the user for authentication credentials, and then drop them into bash or MS-DOS.

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