Development Resources
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Telnet source code:
Console Telnet for win32 - source forge project:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=4675&release_id=13905
Surf around here for source for NCSA Telnet on Mac and PC:
http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/SDG/Homepage/telnet.html
Telnet RFC's:
As of September 2000, this is the current list of Telnet related RFC's. This information was harvested from rfc-editor.org. You may look up these and other RFC's at http://www.rfc-editor.org/
This list is sorted by date descending.
# | Title | Author or Ed. | Date | Format | More Info (Obs & Upd) | Status |
RFC2953 | Telnet Encryption: DES 64 bit Output Feedback--- | T. Ts'o. | 9/1/2000 | ASCII | --- | INFORMATIONAL |
RFC2952 | Telnet Encryption: DES 64 bit Cipher Feedback--- | T. Ts'o. | 9/1/2000 | ASCII | --- | INFORMATIONAL |
RFC2951 | TELNET Authentication Using KEA and SKIPJACK--- | R. Housley, T. Horting, P. Yee | 9/1/2000 | ASCII | --- | INFORMATIONAL |
RFC2941 | Telnet Authentication Option--- | T. Ts'o, Ed., J. Altman | 9/1/2000 | ASCII | Obsoletes RFC1416 | PROPOSED STANDARD |
RFC2942 | Telnet Authentication: Kerberos Version 5--- | T. Ts'o. | 9/1/2000 | ASCII | --- | PROPOSED |
RFC2943 | TELNET Authentication Using DSA--- | R. Housley, T. Horting, P. Yee. | 9/1/2000 | ASCII | --- | PROPOSED |
RFC2944 | Telnet Authentication: SRP--- | T. Wu. | 9/1/2000 | ASCII | --- | PROPOSED |
RFC2946 | Telnet Data Encryption Option--- | T. Ts'o. | 9/1/2000 | ASCII | --- | PROPOSED |
RFC2947 | Telnet Encryption: DES3 64 bit Cipher Feedback--- | J. Altman. | 9/1/2000 | ASCII | --- | PROPOSED |
RFC2948 | Telnet Encryption: DES3 64 bit Output Feedback--- | J. Altman. | 9/1/2000 | ASCII | --- | PROPOSED |
RFC2949 | Telnet Encryption: CAST-128 64 bit Output Feedback--- | J. Altman. | 9/1/2000 | ASCII | --- | PROPOSED |
RFC2950 | Telnet Encryption: CAST-128 64 bit Cipher Feedback--- | J. Altman. | 9/1/2000 | ASCII | --- | PROPOSED |
RFC2877 | 5250 Telnet Enhancements--- | T. Murphy, Jr., P. Rieth, J. Stevens | 7/1/2000 | ASCII | Updates RFC1205 | INFORMATIONAL |
RFC2840 | TELNET KERMIT OPTION--- | J. Altman, F. da Cruz. | 5/1/2000 | ASCII | --- | INFORMATIONAL |
RFC2217 | Telnet Com Port Control Option--- | G. Clark | 10/1/97 | ASCII | --- | EXPERIMENTAL |
RFC2066 | TELNET CHARSET Option--- | R. Gellens | 1/1/97 | ASCII | --- | EXPERIMENTAL |
RFC1571 | Telnet Environment Option Interoperability Issues--- | D. Borman | 1/1/94 | ASCII | Updates RFC1408--- | INFORMATIONAL |
RFC1572 | Telnet Environment Option--- | S. Alexander | 1/1/94 | ASCII | --- | PROPOSED STANDARD |
RFC1416 | Telnet Authentication Option--- | D. Borman, Editor | 2/1/93 | ASCII | Obsoletes RFC1409--- | EXPERIMENTAL |
RFC1408 | Telnet Environment Option--- | D. Borman, Editor | 1/1/93 | ASCII | Updated by RFC1571--- | HISTORIC |
RFC1409 | Telnet Authentication Option--- | D. Borman, Editor | 1/1/93 | ASCII | Obsoleted by RFC1416--- | EXPERIMENTAL |
RFC1411 | Telnet Authentication--- | D. Borman, Editor | 1/1/93 | ASCII | --- | EXPERIMENTAL |
RFC1412 | Telnet Authentication--- | K. Alagappan | 1/1/93 | ASCII | --- | EXPERIMENTAL |
RFC1372 | Telnet Remote Flow Control Option--- | C. Hedrick, D. Borman | 10/1/92 | ASCII | Obsoletes RFC1080--- | PROPOSED STANDARD |
RFC1205 | 5250 Telnet interface--- | P. Chmielewski | 2/1/91 | ASCII | --- | INFORMATIONAL |
RFC1184 | Telnet Linemode Option--- | D.A. Borman | 10/1/90 | ASCII | Obsoletes RFC1116--- | DRAFT STANDARD |
RFC1143 | The Q Method of Implementing TELNET Option Negotiation--- | D.J. Bernstein | 2/1/90 | ASCII | --- | EXPERIMENTAL |
RFC1116 | Telnet Linemode option--- | D.A. Borman | 8/1/89 | ASCII | Obsoleted by RFC1184--- | PROPOSED STANDARD |
RFC1097 | Telnet subliminal-message option--- | B. Miller | 4/1/89 | ASCII | --- | UNKNOWN |
RFC1096 | Telnet X display location option--- | G.A. Marcy | 3/1/89 | ASCII | --- | PROPOSED STANDARD |
RFC1091 | Telnet terminal-type option--- | J. VanBokkelen | 2/1/89 | ASCII | Obsoletes RFC0930--- | PROPOSED STANDARD |
RFC1079 | Telnet terminal speed option--- | C.L. Hedrick | 12/1/88 | ASCII | --- | PROPOSED STANDARD |
RFC1080 | Telnet remote flow control option--- | C.L. Hedrick | 11/1/88 | ASCII | Obsoleted by RFC1372--- | UNKNOWN |
RFC1073 | Telnet window size option--- | D. Waitzman | 10/1/88 | ASCII | --- | PROPOSED STANDARD |
RFC1053 | Telnet X.3 PAD option--- | S. Levy, T. Jacobson | 4/1/88 | ASCII | --- | PROPOSED STANDARD |
RFC1043 | Telnet Data Entry Terminal option--- | A. Yasuda, T. Thompson | 2/1/88 | ASCII | Updates RFC0732--- | PROPOSED STANDARD |
RFC1041 | Telnet 3270 regime option--- | Y. Rekhter | 1/1/88 | ASCII | --- | PROPOSED STANDARD |
RFC0946 | Telnet terminal location number option--- | R. Nedved | 5/1/85 | ASCII | --- | PROPOSED STANDARD |
RFC0930 | Telnet terminal type option--- | M. Solomon, E. Wimmers | 1/1/85 | ASCII | Obsoletes RFC0884, Obsoleted by RFC1091--- | UNKNOWN |
RFC0933 | Output marking Telnet option--- | S. Silverman | 1/1/85 | ASCII | --- | PROPOSED STANDARD |
RFC0927 | TACACS user identification Telnet option--- | B.A. Anderson | 12/1/84 | ASCII | --- | PROPOSED STANDARD |
RFC0884 | Telnet terminal type option--- | M. Solomon, E. Wimmers | 12/1/83 | ASCII | Obsoleted by RFC0930--- | UNKNOWN |
RFC0885 | Telnet end of record option--- | J. Postel | 12/1/83 | ASCII | --- | PROPOSED STANDARD |
RFC0854 | Telnet Protocol Specification--- | J. Postel, J.K. Reynolds | 5/1/83 | ASCII | Obsoletes RFC0764, NIC 18639--- | STANDARD |
RFC0855 | Telnet Option Specifications--- | J. Postel, J.K. Reynolds | 5/1/83 | ASCII | Obsoletes NIC 18640--- | STANDARD |
RFC0856 | Telnet Binary Transmission--- | J. Postel, J.K. Reynolds | 5/1/83 | ASCII | Obsoletes NIC 15389--- | STANDARD |
RFC0857 | Telnet Echo Option--- | J. Postel, J.K. Reynolds | 5/1/83 | ASCII | Obsoletes NIC 15390--- | STANDARD |
RFC0858 | Telnet Suppress Go Ahead Option--- | J. Postel, J.K. Reynolds | 5/1/83 | ASCII | Obsoletes NIC 15392--- | STANDARD |
RFC0859 | Telnet Status Option--- | J. Postel, J.K. Reynolds | 5/1/83 | ASCII | Obsoletes RFC0651--- | STANDARD |
RFC0860 | Telnet Timing Mark Option--- | J. Postel, J.K. Reynolds | 5/1/83 | ASCII | Obsoletes NIC 16238--- | STANDARD |
RFC0861 | Telnet Extended Options--- | J. Postel, J.K. Reynolds | 5/1/83 | ASCII | Obsoletes NIC 16239--- | STANDARD |
STD0027 | Binary Transmission Telnet Option--- | J. Postel, J. Reynolds | 5/1/83 | ASCII | --- | STD |
STD0028 | Echo Telnet Option--- | J. Postel, J. Reynolds | 5/1/83 | ASCII | --- | STD |
STD0029 | Suppress Go Ahead Telnet Option--- | J. Postel, J. Reynolds | 5/1/83 | ASCII | --- | STD |
STD0030 | Status Telnet Option--- | J. Postel, J. Reynolds | 5/1/83 | ASCII | --- | STD |
STD0031 | Timing Mark Telnet Option--- | J. Postel, J. Reynolds | 5/1/83 | ASCII | --- | STD |
STD0032 | Extended Options List Telnet Option--- | J. Postel, J. Reynolds | 5/1/83 | ASCII | --- | STD |
STD0008 | Telnet Protocol--- | J. Postel, J. Reynolds | 5/1/83 | ASCII | --- | STD |
RFC0818 | Remote User Telnet service--- | J. Postel | 11/1/82 | ASCII | --- | HISTORIC |
RFC0779 | Telnet send-location option--- | E. Killian | 4/1/81 | ASCII | --- | PROPOSED STANDARD |
RFC0764 | Telnet Protocol specification--- | J. Postel | 6/1/80 | ASCII | Obsoleted by RFC0854--- | UNKNOWN |
RFC0749 | Telnet SUPDUP-Output option--- | B. Greenberg | 9/18/78 | ASCII | --- | PROPOSED STANDARD |
RFC0748 | Telnet randomly-lose option--- | M.R. Crispin | 4/1/78 | ASCII | --- | UNKNOWN |
RFC0735 | Revised Telnet byte macro option--- | D. Crocker, R.H. Gumpertz | 11/3/77 | ASCII | Obsoletes RFC0729--- | PROPOSED STANDARD |
RFC0736 | Telnet SUPDUP option--- | M.R. Crispin | 10/31/77 | ASCII | --- | PROPOSED STANDARD |
RFC0732 | Telnet Data Entry Terminal option--- | J.D. Day | 9/12/77 | ASCII | Obsoletes RFC0731, Updated by RFC1043--- | UNKNOWN |
RFC0731 | Telnet Data Entry Terminal option--- | J.D. Day | 6/27/77 | ASCII | Obsoleted by RFC0732--- | UNKNOWN |
RFC0729 | Telnet byte macro option--- | D. Crocker | 5/13/77 | ASCII | Obsoleted by RFC0735--- | UNKNOWN |
RFC0727 | Telnet logout option--- | M.R. Crispin | 4/27/77 | ASCII | --- | PROPOSED STANDARD |
RFC0728 | Minor pitfall in the Telnet Protocol--- | J.D. Day | 4/27/77 | ASCII | --- | UNKNOWN |
RFC0726 | Remote Controlled Transmission and Echoing Telnet option--- | J. Postel, D. Crocker | 3/8/77 | ASCII | --- | PROPOSED STANDARD |
RFC0698 | Telnet extended ASCII option--- | T. Mock | 7/23/75 | ASCII | --- | PROPOSED STANDARD |
RFC0703 | July, 1975, survey of New-Protocol Telnet Servers--- | D.W. Dodds | 7/11/75 | ASCII | --- | UNKNOWN |
RFC0688 | Tentative schedule for the new Telnet implementation for the TIP--- | D.C. Walden | 6/4/75 | ASCII | --- | UNKNOWN |
RFC0679 | February, 1975, survey of New-Protocol Telnet servers--- | D.W. Dodds | 2/21/75 | (Not online) | --- | UNKNOWN |
RFC0669 | November, 1974, survey of New-Protocol Telnet servers--- | D.W. Dodds | 12/4/74 | ASCII | --- | UNKNOWN |
RFC0651 | Revised Telnet status option--- | D. Crocker | 10/25/74 | ASCII | Obsoleted by RFC0859--- | UNKNOWN |
RFC0652 | Telnet output carriage-return disposition option--- | D. Crocker | 10/25/74 | ASCII | --- | HISTORIC |
RFC0653 | Telnet output horizontal tabstops option--- | D. Crocker | 10/25/74 | ASCII | --- | HISTORIC |
RFC0654 | Telnet output horizontal tab disposition option--- | D. Crocker | 10/25/74 | ASCII | --- | HISTORIC |
RFC0655 | Telnet output formfeed disposition option--- | D. Crocker | 10/25/74 | ASCII | --- | HISTORIC |
RFC0656 | Telnet output vertical tabstops option--- | D. Crocker | 10/25/74 | ASCII | --- | HISTORIC |
RFC0657 | Telnet output vertical tab disposition option--- | D. Crocker | 10/25/74 | ASCII | --- | HISTORIC |
RFC0658 | Telnet output linefeed disposition--- | D. Crocker | 10/25/74 | ASCII | --- | HISTORIC |
RFC0659 | Announcing additional Telnet options--- | J. Postel | 10/18/74 | ASCII | --- | UNKNOWN |
RFC0702 | September, 1974, survey of New-Protocol Telnet servers--- | D.W. Dodds | 9/25/74 | ASCII | --- | UNKNOWN |
RFC0701 | August, 1974, survey of New-Protocol Telnet servers--- | D.W. Dodds | 8/1/74 | ASCII | --- | UNKNOWN |
RFC0595 | Second thoughts in defense of the Telnet Go-Ahead--- | W. Hathaway | 12/12/73 | ASCII | --- | UNKNOWN |
RFC0596 | Second thoughts on Telnet Go-Ahead--- | E.A. Taft | 12/8/73 | ASCII | --- | UNKNOWN |
RFC0593 | Telnet and FTP implementation schedule change--- | A.M. McKenzie, J. Postel | 11/29/73 | ASCII | --- | UNKNOWN |
RFC0587 | Announcing new Telnet options--- | J. Postel | 11/13/73 | (Not online) | --- | UNKNOWN |
RFC0562 | Modifications to the Telnet specification--- | A.M. McKenzie | 8/28/73 | (Not online) | --- | UNKNOWN |
RFC0563 | Comments on the RCTE Telnet option--- | J. Davidson | 8/28/73 | ASCII | --- | UNKNOWN |
RFC0560 | Remote Controlled Transmission and Echoing Telnet option--- | D. Crocker, J. Postel | 8/18/73 | (Not online) | --- | UNKNOWN |
RFC0559 | Comments on The New Telnet Protocol and its Implementation--- | A.K. Bhushan | 8/15/73 | ASCII | --- | UNKNOWN |
RFC0513 | Comments on the new Telnet specifications--- | W. Hathaway | 5/30/73 | ASCII | --- | UNKNOWN |
RFC0495 | Telnet Protocol specifications--- | A.M. McKenzie | 5/1/73 | ASCII | Obsoletes RFC0158--- | UNKNOWN |
RFC0466 | Telnet logger/server for host LL-67--- | J.M. Winett | 2/27/73 | ASCII | --- | UNKNOWN |
RFC0461 | Telnet Protocol meeting announcement--- | A.M. McKenzie | 2/14/73 | ASCII | --- | UNKNOWN |
RFC0435 | Telnet issues--- | B. Cosell, D.C. Walden | 1/5/73 | ASCII | Updates RFC0318--- | UNKNOWN |
RFC0393 | Comments on Telnet Protocol Changes--- | J.M. Winett | 10/3/72 | ASCII | --- | UNKNOWN |
RFC0340 | Proposed Telnet Changes--- | T.C. O'Sullivan | 5/15/72 | ASCII | --- | UNKNOWN |
RFC0328 | Suggested Telnet Protocol Changes--- | J. Postel | 4/29/72 | ASCII | --- | UNKNOWN |
RFC0318 | Telnet Protocols--- | J. Postel | 4/3/72 | ASCII | Updates RFC0158, Updated by RFC0435--- | UNKNOWN |
RFC0216 | Telnet access to UCSB's On-Line System--- | J.E. White | 9/8/71 | (Not online) | --- | UNKNOWN |
RFC0215 | NCP, ICP, and Telnet--- | A.M. McKenzie | 8/30/71 | ASCII | --- | UNKNOWN |
RFC0206 | User Telnet - description of an initial implementation--- | J.E. White | 8/9/71 | (Not online) | --- | UNKNOWN |
RFC0158 | Telnet Protocol--- | T.C. O'Sullivan | 5/19/71 | (Not online) | Obsoleted by RFC0495, Updates RFC0139, Updated by RFC0318--- | UNKNOWN |
RFC0139 | Discussion of Telnet Protocol--- | T.C. O'Sullivan | 5/7/71 | ASCII | Updates RFC0137, Updated by RFC0158--- | UNKNOWN |
RFC0137 | Telnet Protocol - a proposed document--- | T.C. O'Sullivan | 4/30/71 | ASCII | Updated by RFC0139--- | UNKNOWN |
RFC0097 | First Cut at a Proposed Telnet Protocol--- | J.T. Melvin, R.W. Watson | 2/15/71 | (Not online) | --- | UNKNOWN |