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transmits your password telnet: over the network in cleartext, telnet's use as a login protocol has telnet: been mostly superceded by the use of ssh and sshd.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: