2. Outline
● What is Telnet?
● What is the NVT?
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Famous Telnet clients
3. What is Telnet?
● Telnet is one of the major network p
rotocols used on the Internet.
● It is a protocol that allows you to
connect to remote computers over a TCP
/IP network.
4. What is the NVT?
●
The Network Virtual Terminal (NVT)
is a bi-directional character device
that is defined by Telnet.
● The NVT has a printer and a keyboard.
The printer responds to incoming data and the keybo
ard produces outgoing data which is sent over the TE
LNET connection and, if "echoes" are desired, to the
NVT's printer as well.