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Telnet is a client-server program that allows users to log onto remote computers and access application programs, providing a general solution for remote access. It operates through a network virtual terminal (NVT) interface that standardizes data transmission across different operating systems. Users can perform local and remote logins, with the Telnet client transforming keystrokes into a universal character set for communication with the remote server.

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Telnet - Terminal Network - javatpoint (1)

Telnet is a client-server program that allows users to log onto remote computers and access application programs, providing a general solution for remote access. It operates through a network virtual terminal (NVT) interface that standardizes data transmission across different operating systems. Users can perform local and remote logins, with the Telnet client transforming keystrokes into a universal character set for communication with the remote server.

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Telnet
The main task of the internet is to provide services to users. For example, users want to run
different application programs at the remote site and transfers a result to the local site. This
requires a client-server program such as FTP, SMTP. But this would not allow us to create a
specific program for each demand.

The better solution is to provide a general client-server program that lets the user access any
application program on a remote computer. Therefore, a program that allows a user to log on
to a remote computer. A popular client-server program Telnet is used to meet such demands.
Telnet is an abbreviation for Terminal Network.

Telnet provides a connection to the remote computer in such a way that a local terminal
appears to be at the remote side.

There are two types of login:


Local Login

When a user logs into a local computer, then it is known as local login.

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When the workstation running terminal emulator, the keystrokes entered by the
user are accepted by the terminal driver. The terminal driver then passes these
characters to the operating system which in turn, invokes the desired application
program.

However, the operating system has special meaning to special characters. For
example, in UNIX some combination of characters have special meanings such as
control character with "z" means suspend. Such situations do not create any
problem as the terminal driver knows the meaning of such characters. But, it can
cause the problems in remote login.

Remote login

When the user wants to access an application program on a remote computer, then the
user must perform remote login.

How remote login occurs


At the local site

The user sends the keystrokes to the terminal driver, the characters are then sent to the TELNET
client. The TELNET client which in turn, transforms the characters to a universal character set
known as network virtual terminal characters and delivers them to the local TCP/IP stack

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The commands in NVT forms are transmitted to the TCP/IP at the remote machine. Here, the
characters are delivered to the operating system and then pass to the TELNET server. The
TELNET server transforms the characters which can be understandable by a remote computer.
However, the characters cannot be directly passed to the operating system as a remote
operating system does not receive the characters from the TELNET server. Therefore it requires
some piece of software that can accept the characters from the TELNET server. The operating
system then passes these characters to the appropriate application program.

Network Virtual Terminal (NVT)

The network virtual terminal is an interface that defines how data and commands are sent
across the network.

In today's world, systems are heterogeneous. For example, the operating system accepts
a special combination of characters such as end-of-file token running a DOS operating
system ctrl+z while the token running a UNIX operating system is ctrl+d.

TELNET solves this issue by defining a universal interface known as network virtual
interface.

The TELNET client translates the characters that come from the local terminal into NVT
form and then delivers them to the network. The Telnet server then translates the data
from NVT form into a form which can be understandable by a remote computer.

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