PACKAGE NAME: telnet-0.17-i586-1vl71.txz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./usrSbin PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 14 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 50 K PACKAGE MD5: a5dee0820cbc7d296e121c48f707340f ./usrSbin/telnet-0.17-i586-1vl71.txz PACKAGE REQUIRED: PACKAGE CONFLICTS: PACKAGE SUGGESTS: PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: telnet: telnet (the telnet client and daemon) telnet: telnet: telnet supports the original DARPA telnet interactive communication telnet: protocol. As connecting to a telnetd server transmits your password telnet: over the network in cleartext, telnet's use as a login protocol has telnet: been mostly superceded by the use of ssh and sshd. However, the telnet: telnet client is still a very handy tool, and telnetd may still have telnet: some uses on networks that are known to be secure. telnet: telnet: License: BSD telnet: Authors: ftp://ftp.uk.linux.org/pub/linux/Networking/netkit telnet: Website: ftp://ftp.uk.linux.org/pub/linux/Networking/netkit