STD 8

Two Internet Engineering Task Force standards proposed by Jonathan B. Postel and J.K. Reynolds from University of Southern California Information Sciences Institute in their Request for Comments published in May 1983. Among other features Telnet protocol was assigned server port 23. STD 8 (RFC 854): Telnet Protocol SpecificationSTD 8 (RFC 855): Telnet Option Specifications
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