Author:  Terry Crawford

September 24, 2006

    Telnet is a means of enabling a user to log in to another computer on the Internet and use its resources as though they existed on the user's machine.

     This ability to log on to a remote computer and run programs was a driving force behind the development of the Telnet protocol. Telnet connections are usually established using a stand-alone terminal program (or client). By telnetting to another computer, a user has access to that computer (or a part of that computer), providing the login and password are known.

 

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