TELNET (telnet)
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 Charter
 Last Modified: 06/05/2000

 Current Status: Concluded Working Group

 Chair(s):
     Steve Alexander  <sca@sgi.com>

 Applications Area Director(s):
     Ned Freed  <ned.freed@mrochek.com>
     Patrik Faltstrom  <paf@cisco.com>

 Applications Area Advisor:
     Ned Freed  <ned.freed@mrochek.com>

 Mailing Lists: 
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Description of Working Group:

The TELNET Working Group will examine RFC 854, ``Telnet Protocol
Specification,'' in light of the last six years of technical
advancements, and will determine if it is still accurate with how the
TELNET protocol is being used today.  This group will also look at all 
the TELNET options, and decide which are still germane to current-day 
implementations of the TELNET protocol.


(1) Re-issue RFC 854 to reflect current knowledge and usage of the
    TELNET protocol.
   
(2) Create RFCs for new TELNET options to clarify or fill in any
    voids in the current option set.  Specifically: environment
	 variable passing, authentication, encryption, and compression.

(3) Act as a clearing-house for all proposed RFCs that deal with the
    TELNET protocol.

 Goals and Milestones:

   Done         Write an environment option. 

   Done         Post an Internet-Draft describing the authentication 
                option. 

   Done         Post an Internet-Draft describing the encryption option. 

   MAR 91       Rewrite RFC 854. 

   Done         Submit the authentication option to the IESG as an 
                Experimental Protocol. 

   JUL 93       Submit the encryption option to the IESG as an Experimental 
                Protocol. 


 Internet-Drafts:

  No Current Internet-Drafts.

 Request For Comments:

  RFC   Stat Published     Title
------- -- ----------- ------------------------------------
RFC1116 PS   AUG 89    Telnet Linemode option 

RFC1184 DS   OCT 90    Telnet Linemode Option 

RFC1372 PS   OCT 92    Telnet Remote Flow Control Option 

RFC1411 E    JAN 93    Telnet Authentication: Kerberos Version 4 

RFC1409 E    JAN 93    Telnet Authentication Option 

RFC1408 H    JAN 93    Telnet Environment Option 

RFC1412 E    JAN 93    Telnet Authentication : SPX 

RFC1416 E    FEB 93    Telnet Authentication Option 

RFC1571 I    JAN 94    Telnet Environment Option Interoperability Issues 

RFC1572 PS   JAN 94    Telnet Environment Option