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Tag: remote-login

Telnet and the Standardization of Remote Interactive Login

Telnet turned remote terminal access into an interoperable Internet service by defining a Network Virtual Terminal and a negotiated command language that could bridge unlike hosts and terminals.

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SSH and the Replacement of Trust-Based Remote Login

Tatu Ylonen created SSH after a password-sniffing incident exposed the danger of plaintext remote login, turning encryption, host authentication, and secure user authentication into standard Unix administration infrastructure.

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