Kemp | Glossary of Terms and Phrases
TELNET
Telnet is both a network protocol and an application that uses that protocol. Most often, Telnet is used to connect to remote Unix based computers to issue commands. Telnet gives remote users a command line interface much like they would have if they logged directly onto a Unix based system. Telnet is not secure and has been largely superseded by other protocols such as SecureShell (SSH).
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