RFC 854

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RFC 854 is the foundational Internet standard that specifies the Telnet protocol for remote, text-based communication over TCP/IP networks.

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Surface form Occurrences
Telnet Option Specifications 1

Statements (77)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Internet standard
Request for Comments
network protocol specification
appliesTo client-server terminal sessions
interactive text sessions over TCP
area remote terminal access
text-based communication
category Standards Track
defines Telnet DO command
Telnet
surface form: Telnet DONT command

Telnet IAC byte
Telnet
surface form: Telnet WILL command

Telnet
surface form: Telnet WONT command

Telnet abort output signal
Telnet
surface form: Telnet are-you-there signal

Telnet binary transmission mode
Telnet break signal
Telnet command structure
Telnet connection semantics
Telnet control characters
Telnet data representation
Telnet echo handling
Telnet
surface form: Telnet end-of-line conventions

Telnet end-of-record marker
Telnet erase character function
Telnet erase line function
Telnet go-ahead signal
Telnet interrupt process signal
Telnet network virtual terminal concept
Telnet option negotiation
Telnet option subnegotiation
Telnet
surface form: Telnet timing and synchronization commands

interpret-as-command mechanism
historicalRole foundational standard for early Internet remote access
influenced SSH protocol design
later remote shell protocols
networkLayer application layer
protocolSpecified Telnet
purpose to enable interoperable text-based communication between hosts
to specify a standard protocol for remote terminal access over TCP/IP
relatedProtocol Telnet
relatedRFC RFC 855
RFC 856
RFC 857
RFC 858
RFC 858
surface form: RFC 859

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securityProperties does not provide encryption
does not provide strong authentication
transmits data in cleartext
standardizes handling of control functions across heterogeneous systems
negotiation of terminal capabilities
status Internet Standard
title Telnet
surface form: Telnet Protocol Specification
transportProtocol Transmission Control Protocol
surface form: TCP
useCase remote command-line administration
remote login to timesharing systems
usesUnderlyingProtocolSuite TCP/IP

Referenced by (3)

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Telnet definedInRFC RFC 854
RFC 855 relatedTo RFC 854
RFC 855 title RFC 854
this entity surface form: Telnet Option Specifications