Telnet

Description

This indicates an attempt to use the Telnet protocol.
Telnet is a remote control protocol. It is an application layer protocol used to provide a bidirectional interactive text-oriented communication facility using a virtual terminal connection.

Affected Products

Telnet

Impact

Unexpected network communication

Technology

Client-Server

Behavior

• Reasonable

Default Ports

• TCP/23

References

• http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc318.html
• http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc854.html