Understanding Telnet On Computer Networks

Understanding Telnet On Computer Networks

Notivku, In this computer network Tutorial we will discuss about Telnet. For those of you who want to configure a network alagkah good you know what it Telnet???

Telnet stands for Telecommunications Network Protocol, is a remote login that occurs on the internet network due to the service of the Telnet protocol. With the existence of Telnet can allow users to access other computers remotely through a computer network.

 Telnet is used to login to other computers on the internet network and can access public services, including various databases. Users can just sit in front of a computer connected to the internet network. In other words, it can be connected to other computers in one building, one room or even on computers all over the world. Once connected or connected, the input given on the keyboard can be directly controlled to the remote computer, can be accessed any service that has been provided by the remote machine and the results will be displayed on the local terminal. By using Telnet, users can access various services such as viewing library catalogs and many other services.

If you are a Netwirk Engineer, Telnet is often used to configure Swicth and remote routers, so you do not need to come directly to the device, but with the Remote. Usually many use the Putty application to configure with Telnet.

In its use, Telnet uses 2 (two) programs, namely on the client and server. The program on the client is used to request services on the server, while the program on the server will provide the services requested by the client.

Main functions of Telnet (Telecommunications network protocol)

In short the main function on Telnet is to be able to access computers remotely. Because Telnet can allow the user's computer to be a terminal from another computer on the internet network. And Telnet allows users to log in as a user of a remote computer and run the computer program services contained on the computer. This is the main function of Telnet.

Understanding Telnet On Computer Networks

Advantages and disadvantages of using Telnet (Telecommunications network protocol)

1.    Advantages Of Telnet

The advantages if using telnet server is a user interface that is quite friendly, meaning that users can give commands remotely (remote) so as if users execute commands on the command line on the computer.

2.    Disadvantages Of Telnet

Where there are advantages there are always disadvantages, as for the shortcomings of Telnet, namely NTLM authentication users without encryption so that it can facilitate the theft of passwords carried out by sniffers, if we are system administrators it is advisable to use SSH on Linux rather than Telnet Server to configure our system.

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