13
Application Layer Protocols
1. Explain how TELNET helps in remote login.
Ans: The word “TELNET” is derived from telecommunications and network and is a protocol that allows a user to log on to a remote computer. Further, TELNET is also known as remote login, which means connecting one machine to another in such a way that a person may interact with another machine as if it is being used locally. It means that someone in New Delhi could connect to a computer in the New York City Public Library and search the card catalogue the same way as someone located at a terminal in the library. Once connected, the user's computer emulates the remote computer. When the user types in commands, they are executed on the remote computer. The user's monitor ...
Get Express Learning: Data Communications and Computer Networks now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
