# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE: # The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line # up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|' # on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must # make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also # customary to leave one space after the ':'. |-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------| 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transmits your password telnet: over the network in cleartext, telnet's use as a login protocol has telnet: been mostly superseded by the use of ssh and sshd.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: