Computer Science & Engineering and Information

Technology

6th Semester

Sub: Internet & Web Technology

Topic: Telnet
D. SUSMITA, MCA
LECTURER COMPUTER APPLICATION
BOSE, CUTTACK
Topics to be covered
1. Introduction to telnet
2. Login
3. Types of login
4. Local login
5. Remote login
6. Network virtual terminal
7. Places of telnet
8. Advantages and disadvantages of telnet
9. Difference between telnet and ftp
10. Assignment
 TEL NET
TELNET is an abbreviation for terminal network.

 It is a standard TCP/IP protocol for virtual terminal service.

 It is one of the protocols of application layer.
 It is a general purpose client/server application program.
 TELNET enables the establishment of a connection to a remote
system in such a way that the local terminal appears to be a terminal
at the remote system.

 In other words, it allows the user to log on to a remote computer.

After logging on, user can use the services available on the remote
computer and transfer the results back to the local computer.

 Its completely bidirectional text oriented communication facility.

 LOGIN
To access the system, user logs into the system with user-id. The system
also includes password checking to prevent an unauthorized user
accessing the resources.
Logging process can be
 Local login
 Remote login
 LOCAL LOGIN : When the user logs into a local timesharing
system, it is called local login. A user logs onto a system which is
directly connected to it.

 REMOTE LOGIN : When the user wants to access an

application program or utility located on a remote machine, it is
called remote login.
LOCAL LOGIN
 LOCAL LOGIN

 When the user types at the terminal, the keystrokes are accepted
by the terminal driver.

 The terminal driver passes the characters to the operating system.

 The operating system interprets the combination of characters and

invokes the desired application program.
REMOTE LOGIN
REMOTE LOGIN

 The user sends the keystrokes to the terminal driver, where the local
operating system accepts the characters but does not interpret them.

 The characters are sent to the TELNET client, which transforms the
characters to a universal character set called NETWORK VIRTUAL
TERMINAL(NVT) characters and delivers them to the local TCP/IP
protocol stack.
CONCEPT OF NVT
NETWORK VIRTUAL TERMINAL
NETWORK VIRTUAL TERMINAL

 The client telnet translates characters that come from local

terminal into NVT form and delivers them to the network.

 The server telnet translates data and commands from NVT form
into the form acceptable by the remote computer.
 The text in NVT form travel through the internet and arrive at the TCP/IP
stack at the remote machine.

 The characters are delivered to the operating system and passed to the
TELNET server which changes the characters to the corresponding
characters understandable by the remote computer.
 However, the characters cannot be passed directly to the operating system
because the remote operating system is not designed to receive characters
from a TELNET server.

 It is designed to receive characters from a terminal driver. A software

called a pseudo terminal driver is added which pretends that the characters
are coming from a terminal.
 Places to Telnet
The text based internet can be exciting, informative, and fun.
Using telnet, you can access a variety of these resources on the internet. Below you'll find lists of
a few places to get you started.
 Miscellaneous fun place
 rainmaker.wunderground.com :: weather via telnet!
 india.colorado.edu 13 (Get the time) :: get the time
 telehack.com 23 :: Tele hack
 telehack.com :: Tele hack – web
 towel.blinkenlights.nl 23 :: Star Wars asciimation
 towel.blinkenlights.nl 666 :: The Bofh Excuse Server
 ADVANTAGES OF TELNET

Accessing Remote Computers: One of the biggest advantages of Telnet software is that it allows

remote access to someone else's computer.

Saves Time: Telnet saves time because instead of physically traveling to another person's home,

you can perform any task on his or her computer almost immediately from your computer.

Router configuration: Since it uses plain text it is very easy to fix problems.

Universal: Telnet can be used on any computer. Even older systems can connect to newer machines
with different operating system versions.
 DISADVANTAGE OF TELNET
 It's not secure - everything is sent in plain text be it over a local network or
over the Internet.

 It is old: It is text based only, there are no graphics or colours which makes it

boring.

 It may difficult to use: it is command driven therefore there is no mouse so

this may make it difficult for some persons to use. ...
TELNET VS FTP
BASIS FOR
TELNET FTP
COMPARISON
Basic It allows a user to log in to It allows a user to transfer a
the remote server. file to the remote machine.

Functions on Port number 23 21 and 20

Security May have some security More secure than Telnet.

concerns.

Remote login Is required to access the Not necessarily needed.

system resources.
 ASSIGNMENT

1. Explain purpose of telnet.

2. What is login ? Explain with neat diagram different types of login.
3. Differentiate between local login and remote login.
4. What is the purpose of terminal driver in login?
5. What type of terminal emulator telnet is using?
6. Explain Network Virtual Terminal .
7. Give the difference between FTP and TELNET.
8. Write two advantages and disadvantages of TELNET.
THANK YOU

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