PACKAGE NAME:  telnet-0.17-i486-1.tlz
PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./net
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  55 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  140 K
PACKAGE MD5: d13a602c90c0d5e1f852a9214cb4aef5  ./net/telnet-0.17-i486-1.tlz
PACKAGE REQUIRED:  ncurses >= 5.6-i486-3,ppp >= 2.4.4-i486-1 | shadow >= 4.0.3-i486-15
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telnet: been mostly superceded by the use of ssh and sshd.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: telnet and telnetd were ported from BSD.
telnet: