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Development Resources

 

Here are a couple of telnet source resources out on the web. If you know of others, please send them to webmaster@telnet.org.

If you are looking for something to help you with an assignment, please do not plagiarize this source.  You'll be much better off learning to do things yourself.  If you are a professor of such a class, feel free to contact us at webmaster@telnet.org

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.9/1/2000ASCII --- INFORMATIONAL
RFC2952 Telnet Encryption: DES 64 bit Cipher Feedback---T. Ts'o.9/1/2000ASCII --- INFORMATIONAL
RFC2951 TELNET Authentication Using KEA and SKIPJACK---R. Housley, T. Horting, P. Yee9/1/2000ASCII --- INFORMATIONAL
RFC2941 Telnet Authentication Option---T. Ts'o, Ed., J. Altman9/1/2000ASCII Obsoletes RFC1416 PROPOSED STANDARD
RFC2942 Telnet Authentication: Kerberos Version 5---T. Ts'o.9/1/2000ASCII --- PROPOSED
RFC2943 TELNET Authentication Using DSA---R. Housley, T. Horting, P. Yee.9/1/2000ASCII --- PROPOSED
RFC2944 Telnet Authentication: SRP---T. Wu.9/1/2000ASCII --- PROPOSED
RFC2946 Telnet Data Encryption Option---T. Ts'o.9/1/2000ASCII --- PROPOSED
RFC2947 Telnet Encryption: DES3 64 bit Cipher Feedback---J. Altman.9/1/2000ASCII --- PROPOSED
RFC2948 Telnet Encryption: DES3 64 bit Output Feedback---J. Altman.9/1/2000ASCII --- PROPOSED
RFC2949 Telnet Encryption: CAST-128 64 bit Output Feedback---J. Altman.9/1/2000ASCII --- PROPOSED
RFC2950 Telnet Encryption: CAST-128 64 bit Cipher Feedback---J. Altman.9/1/2000ASCII --- PROPOSED
RFC2877 5250 Telnet Enhancements---T. Murphy, Jr., P. Rieth, J. Stevens7/1/2000ASCII Updates RFC1205 INFORMATIONAL
RFC2840 TELNET KERMIT OPTION---J. Altman, F. da Cruz.5/1/2000ASCII --- INFORMATIONAL
RFC2217 Telnet Com Port Control Option--- G. Clark10/1/97 ASCII --- EXPERIMENTAL
RFC2066 TELNET CHARSET Option--- R. Gellens1/1/97 ASCII --- EXPERIMENTAL
RFC1571 Telnet Environment Option Interoperability Issues--- D. Borman1/1/94 ASCII Updates RFC1408--- INFORMATIONAL
RFC1572 Telnet Environment Option--- S. Alexander1/1/94 ASCII --- PROPOSED STANDARD
RFC1416 Telnet Authentication Option--- D. Borman, Editor2/1/93 ASCII Obsoletes RFC1409--- EXPERIMENTAL
RFC1408 Telnet Environment Option--- D. Borman, Editor1/1/93 ASCII Updated by RFC1571--- HISTORIC
RFC1409 Telnet Authentication Option--- D. Borman, Editor1/1/93 ASCII Obsoleted by RFC1416--- EXPERIMENTAL
RFC1411 Telnet Authentication--- D. Borman, Editor1/1/93 ASCII --- EXPERIMENTAL
RFC1412 Telnet Authentication--- K. Alagappan1/1/93 ASCII --- EXPERIMENTAL
RFC1372 Telnet Remote Flow Control Option--- C. Hedrick, D. Borman10/1/92 ASCII Obsoletes RFC1080--- PROPOSED STANDARD
RFC1205 5250 Telnet interface--- P. Chmielewski2/1/91 ASCII --- INFORMATIONAL
RFC1184 Telnet Linemode Option--- D.A. Borman10/1/90 ASCII Obsoletes RFC1116--- DRAFT STANDARD
RFC1143 The Q Method of Implementing TELNET Option Negotiation--- D.J. Bernstein2/1/90 ASCII --- EXPERIMENTAL
RFC1116 Telnet Linemode option--- D.A. Borman8/1/89 ASCII Obsoleted by RFC1184--- PROPOSED STANDARD
RFC1097 Telnet subliminal-message option--- B. Miller4/1/89 ASCII --- UNKNOWN
RFC1096 Telnet X display location option--- G.A. Marcy3/1/89 ASCII --- PROPOSED STANDARD
RFC1091 Telnet terminal-type option--- J. VanBokkelen2/1/89 ASCII Obsoletes RFC0930--- PROPOSED STANDARD
RFC1079Telnet terminal speed option--- C.L. Hedrick12/1/88 ASCII --- PROPOSED STANDARD
RFC1080Telnet remote flow control option--- C.L. Hedrick11/1/88 ASCII Obsoleted by RFC1372--- UNKNOWN
RFC1073Telnet window size option--- D. Waitzman10/1/88 ASCII --- PROPOSED STANDARD
RFC1053Telnet X.3 PAD option--- S. Levy, T. Jacobson4/1/88 ASCII --- PROPOSED STANDARD
RFC1043Telnet Data Entry Terminal option--- A. Yasuda, T. Thompson2/1/88ASCIIUpdates RFC0732--- PROPOSED STANDARD
RFC1041Telnet 3270 regime option---Y. Rekhter1/1/88ASCII--- PROPOSED STANDARD
RFC0946 Telnet terminal location number option--- R. Nedved5/1/85 ASCII --- PROPOSED STANDARD
RFC0930 Telnet terminal type option--- M. Solomon, E. Wimmers1/1/85 ASCII Obsoletes RFC0884, Obsoleted by RFC1091--- UNKNOWN
RFC0933 Output marking Telnet option--- S. Silverman1/1/85 ASCII --- PROPOSED STANDARD
RFC0927 TACACS user identification Telnet option--- B.A. Anderson12/1/84 ASCII --- PROPOSED STANDARD
RFC0884 Telnet terminal type option--- M. Solomon, E. Wimmers12/1/83 ASCII Obsoleted by RFC0930--- UNKNOWN
RFC0885 Telnet end of record option--- J. Postel12/1/83 ASCII --- PROPOSED STANDARD
RFC0854 Telnet Protocol Specification--- J. Postel, J.K. Reynolds5/1/83 ASCII Obsoletes RFC0764, NIC 18639--- STANDARD
RFC0855 Telnet Option Specifications--- J. Postel, J.K. Reynolds5/1/83 ASCII Obsoletes NIC 18640--- STANDARD
RFC0856 Telnet Binary Transmission--- J. Postel, J.K. Reynolds5/1/83 ASCII Obsoletes NIC 15389--- STANDARD
RFC0857 Telnet Echo Option--- J. Postel, J.K. Reynolds5/1/83 ASCII Obsoletes NIC 15390--- STANDARD
RFC0858 Telnet Suppress Go Ahead Option--- J. Postel, J.K. Reynolds5/1/83 ASCII Obsoletes NIC 15392--- STANDARD
RFC0859 Telnet Status Option--- J. Postel, J.K. Reynolds5/1/83 ASCII Obsoletes RFC0651--- STANDARD
RFC0860 Telnet Timing Mark Option--- J. Postel, J.K. Reynolds5/1/83 ASCII Obsoletes NIC 16238--- STANDARD
RFC0861 Telnet Extended Options--- J. Postel, J.K. Reynolds5/1/83 ASCII Obsoletes NIC 16239--- STANDARD
STD0027 Binary Transmission Telnet Option--- J. Postel, J. Reynolds5/1/83 ASCII --- STD
STD0028 Echo Telnet Option--- J. Postel, J. Reynolds5/1/83 ASCII --- STD
STD0029 Suppress Go Ahead Telnet Option--- J. Postel, J. Reynolds5/1/83 ASCII --- STD
STD0030 Status Telnet Option--- J. Postel, J. Reynolds5/1/83 ASCII --- STD
STD0031 Timing Mark Telnet Option--- J. Postel, J. Reynolds5/1/83 ASCII --- STD
STD0032 Extended Options List Telnet Option--- J. Postel, J. Reynolds5/1/83 ASCII --- STD
STD0008 Telnet Protocol--- J. Postel, J. Reynolds5/1/83 ASCII --- STD
RFC0818 Remote User Telnet service--- J. Postel11/1/82 ASCII --- HISTORIC
RFC0779 Telnet send-location option--- E. Killian4/1/81 ASCII --- PROPOSED STANDARD
RFC0764 Telnet Protocol specification--- J. Postel6/1/80 ASCII Obsoleted by RFC0854--- UNKNOWN
RFC0749 Telnet SUPDUP-Output option--- B. Greenberg9/18/78 ASCII --- PROPOSED STANDARD
RFC0748 Telnet randomly-lose option--- M.R. Crispin4/1/78 ASCII --- UNKNOWN
RFC0735 Revised Telnet byte macro option--- D. Crocker, R.H. Gumpertz11/3/77 ASCII Obsoletes RFC0729--- PROPOSED STANDARD
RFC0736 Telnet SUPDUP option--- M.R. Crispin10/31/77 ASCII --- PROPOSED STANDARD
RFC0732 Telnet Data Entry Terminal option--- J.D. Day9/12/77 ASCII Obsoletes RFC0731, Updated by RFC1043--- UNKNOWN
RFC0731 Telnet Data Entry Terminal option--- J.D. Day6/27/77 ASCII Obsoleted by RFC0732--- UNKNOWN
RFC0729 Telnet byte macro option--- D. Crocker5/13/77 ASCII Obsoleted by RFC0735--- UNKNOWN
RFC0727 Telnet logout option--- M.R. Crispin4/27/77 ASCII --- PROPOSED STANDARD
RFC0728 Minor pitfall in the Telnet Protocol--- J.D. Day4/27/77 ASCII --- UNKNOWN
RFC0726 Remote Controlled Transmission and Echoing Telnet option--- J. Postel, D. Crocker3/8/77 ASCII --- PROPOSED STANDARD
RFC0698 Telnet extended ASCII option--- T. Mock7/23/75 ASCII --- PROPOSED STANDARD
RFC0703July, 1975, survey of New-Protocol Telnet Servers--- D.W. Dodds7/11/75 ASCII --- UNKNOWN
RFC0688Tentative schedule for the new Telnet implementation for the TIP--- D.C. Walden6/4/75 ASCII --- UNKNOWN
RFC0679February, 1975, survey of New-Protocol Telnet servers--- D.W. Dodds2/21/75 (Not online) --- UNKNOWN
RFC0669November, 1974, survey of New-Protocol Telnet servers--- D.W. Dodds12/4/74 ASCII --- UNKNOWN
RFC0651 Revised Telnet status option--- D. Crocker10/25/74 ASCII Obsoleted by RFC0859--- UNKNOWN
RFC0652 Telnet output carriage-return disposition option--- D. Crocker10/25/74 ASCII --- HISTORIC
RFC0653 Telnet output horizontal tabstops option--- D. Crocker10/25/74 ASCII --- HISTORIC
RFC0654 Telnet output horizontal tab disposition option--- D. Crocker10/25/74 ASCII --- HISTORIC
RFC0655 Telnet output formfeed disposition option--- D. Crocker10/25/74 ASCII --- HISTORIC
RFC0656 Telnet output vertical tabstops option--- D. Crocker10/25/74 ASCII --- HISTORIC
RFC0657 Telnet output vertical tab disposition option--- D. Crocker10/25/74 ASCII --- HISTORIC
RFC0658 Telnet output linefeed disposition--- D. Crocker10/25/74 ASCII --- HISTORIC
RFC0659Announcing additional Telnet options--- J. Postel10/18/74 ASCII --- UNKNOWN
RFC0702September, 1974, survey of New-Protocol Telnet servers--- D.W. Dodds9/25/74 ASCII --- UNKNOWN
RFC0701 August, 1974, survey of New-Protocol Telnet servers--- D.W. Dodds8/1/74 ASCII --- UNKNOWN
RFC0595Second thoughts in defense of the Telnet Go-Ahead--- W. Hathaway12/12/73 ASCII --- UNKNOWN
RFC0596Second thoughts on Telnet Go-Ahead--- E.A. Taft12/8/73 ASCII --- UNKNOWN
RFC0593Telnet and FTP implementation schedule change--- A.M. McKenzie, J. Postel11/29/73 ASCII --- UNKNOWN
RFC0587Announcing new Telnet options--- J. Postel11/13/73 (Not online) --- UNKNOWN
RFC0562Modifications to the Telnet specification--- A.M. McKenzie8/28/73 (Not online) --- UNKNOWN
RFC0563Comments on the RCTE Telnet option--- J. Davidson8/28/73 ASCII --- UNKNOWN
RFC0560Remote Controlled Transmission and Echoing Telnet option--- D. Crocker, J. Postel8/18/73 (Not online) --- UNKNOWN
RFC0559 Comments on The New Telnet Protocol and its Implementation--- A.K. Bhushan8/15/73 ASCII --- UNKNOWN
RFC0513Comments on the new Telnet specifications--- W. Hathaway5/30/73 ASCII --- UNKNOWN
RFC0495Telnet Protocol specifications--- A.M. McKenzie5/1/73 ASCII Obsoletes RFC0158--- UNKNOWN
RFC0466Telnet logger/server for host LL-67--- J.M. Winett2/27/73 ASCII --- UNKNOWN
RFC0461Telnet Protocol meeting announcement--- A.M. McKenzie2/14/73 ASCII --- UNKNOWN
RFC0435Telnet issues--- B. Cosell, D.C. Walden1/5/73 ASCII Updates RFC0318--- UNKNOWN
RFC0393 Comments on Telnet Protocol Changes--- J.M. Winett10/3/72 ASCII --- UNKNOWN
RFC0340 Proposed Telnet Changes--- T.C. O'Sullivan5/15/72 ASCII --- UNKNOWN
RFC0328 Suggested Telnet Protocol Changes--- J. Postel4/29/72 ASCII --- UNKNOWN
RFC0318Telnet Protocols--- J. Postel4/3/72 ASCII Updates RFC0158, Updated by RFC0435--- UNKNOWN
RFC0216Telnet access to UCSB's On-Line System--- J.E. White9/8/71 (Not online) --- UNKNOWN
RFC0215 NCP, ICP, and Telnet--- A.M. McKenzie8/30/71 ASCII --- UNKNOWN
RFC0206User Telnet - description of an initial implementation--- J.E. White8/9/71 (Not online) --- UNKNOWN
RFC0158Telnet Protocol--- T.C. O'Sullivan5/19/71 (Not online) Obsoleted by RFC0495, Updates RFC0139, Updated by RFC0318--- UNKNOWN
RFC0139Discussion of Telnet Protocol--- T.C. O'Sullivan5/7/71 ASCII Updates RFC0137, Updated by RFC0158--- UNKNOWN
RFC0137Telnet Protocol - a proposed document--- T.C. O'Sullivan4/30/71 ASCII Updated by RFC0139--- UNKNOWN
RFC0097First Cut at a Proposed Telnet Protocol--- J.T. Melvin, R.W. Watson2/15/71 (Not online) --- UNKNOWN