248Communications Server for z/OS V1R8 TCP/IP Implementation Volume 2: Standard Applications
8.1 Overview
As illustrated in Figure 8-1, otelnetd, the z/OS UNIX Telnet server, is one of the standard
applications provided with the z/OS Communications Server.
Figure 8-1 otelnetd application services
The z/OS UNIX Telnet server works in either character mode or line mode, but does not
support SNA 3270 emulation (for 3270 support, see Chapter 1, “TN3270E Telnet server” on
page 1). The z/OS UNIX server can optionally use Kerberos 5 authentication and DES
encryption.
8.1.1 Basic concepts
The z/OS UNIX Telnet server is started by INETD, which is discussed ...
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