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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telnet: been mostly superseded by the use of ssh and sshd.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: