What Is Telnet

Telnet

Telnet service. Enables-.an Internet user to log in to another computer on the Internet from his/her local That is, a user can execute the telnet command on his/her local computer to start a login session on a computer. This action is also called "remote login/'

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To start a remote login session, a user types the command re/net and address of the remote computer on

local computer terminal. The system then asks the user to enter a login name (user ID) and a password, the remote computer authenticates the user to ensure that he/she is authorized to access it. If the user correct login name and password, he/she is logged on to the remote computer. Once login session is es with the remote computer, telnet enters input mode, and anything typed on the terminal of the local comj the user is sent to the remote computer for processing.

Some common uses of telnet service are:

1.            Using computing power of remote computer. The focal computer may be an ordinary
computer and the remote computer may be a powerful super computer.      *

2.     Using a software on remote computed A software-that a user wants to use may not be avi
his/her computer.        -                 ' ,                                                                   .

3.            Accessing remote computer's database or archive. An information archive of interest to a use
as public database or’ library resources may be available on the remote computer.         "

4.     For logging in to ones o\van computer- from another computer. For example, if a user is
conference in another city and has access to a computer on the Internet, he/she can telnet his/her own computer and read his/her electronic mails or access some information stored there.