TELNET (TELNET)

Charter 

Chair(s)

      Steve Alexander:  stevea@lachman.com

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Description of Working Group

     The TELNET Working Group will examine RFC 854, ``Telnet
     Protocol Specification,'' in light of the last six years of
     technical advancements, and will determine if it is still
     accurate with how the TELNET protocol is being used today.
     This group will also look at all the TELNET options, and decide
     which are still germane to current-day implementations of the
     TELNET protocol.

     (1) Re-issue RFC 854 to reflect current knowledge and usage of
         the TELNET protocol.

     (2) Create RFCs for new TELNET options to clarify or fill in
         any voids in the current option set.  Specifically:
         environment variable passing, authentication, encryption, and
         compression.

     (3) Act as a clearing-house for all proposed RFCs that deal
         with the TELNET protocol.

Goals and Milestones

Done       Write an environment option.

Done       Post an Internet-Draft describing the authentication option.

Done       Post an Internet-Draft describing the encryption option.

Mar 1991   Rewrite RFC 854.

Done       Submit the authentication option to the IESG as an Experimental
           Protocol.

Jul 1993   Submit the encryption option to the IESG as an Experimental
           Protocol.


Request For Comments

RFC 1116   ``Telnet Linemode option''

RFC 1184   ``Telnet Linemode Option''

RFC 1372   ``Telnet Remote Flow Control Option''

RFC 1408   ``Telnet Environment Option''

RFC 1409   ``Telnet Authentication Option''

RFC 1411   ``Telnet Authentication:  Kerberos Version 4''

RFC 1412   ``Telnet Authentication :  SPX''

RFC 1416   ``Telnet Authentication Option''

RFC 1571   ``Telnet Environment Option Interoperability Issues''

RFC 1572   ``Telnet Environment Option''