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Telnet Client overview

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Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2

Telnet Client overview

Telnet Client uses the Telnet protocol (part of the TCP/IP protocol suite) to connect to a remote computer over a network. Telnet Client allows a computer to connect to a remote Telnet server and run applications on that server.

All members of the Microsoft® Windows Server 2003 family include an improved, command line-oriented version of Telnet Client. You can use the NTLM authentication process to authenticate clients for Telnet connections between computers running Microsoft Windows NT®, Windows 2000, Windows XP, or the Windows Server 2003 family.