{"draft":"draft-tso-telnet-auth-enc-05","doc_id":"RFC2941","title":" Telnet Authentication Option ","authors":["T. Ts'o, Ed.","J. Altman"],"format":["ASCII","HTML"],"page_count":"15","pub_status":"PROPOSED STANDARD","status":"PROPOSED STANDARD","source":"Legacy","abstract":" This document describes the authentication option to the telnet protocol as a generic method for negotiating an authentication type and mode including whether encryption should be used and if credentials should be forwarded.  [STANDARDS-TRACK]","pub_date":"August 2000","keywords":["TOPT-AUTH","Telnet Authentication Option","encryption","Security"],"obsoletes":["RFC1416"],"obsoleted_by":[],"updates":[],"updated_by":[],"see_also":[],"doi":"10.17487\/RFC2941","errata_url":null}