@techreport{galvin-telnet-authenc-00, number = {draft-galvin-telnet-authenc-00}, type = {Internet-Draft}, institution = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, publisher = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, note = {Work in Progress}, url = {https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-galvin-telnet-authenc/00/}, author = {David A. Borman and James Galvin and David M. Balenson and Sandra L. Murphy}, title = {{Telnet Authentication and Encryption Option}}, pagetotal = 12, year = 1996, month = feb, day = 7, abstract = {One of the deficiences of the Telnet protocol is that in order to log into remote systems users have to type their passwords, which are passed in the clear through the network. This document specifies the AUTH\_ENCRYPT option, whose purpose is two-fold: to provide a framework for the passing of authentication information through the TELNET session and to provide a mechanism to enable encryption of the data stream as a side effect of successful authentication.}, }