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B. ChoiIntroduction to Python Network Automation Volume IIhttps://doi.org/10.1007/979-8-8688-0391-8_2

2. Python Network Automation Labs - Basic Telnet

Brendan Choi1  
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Sydney, NSW, Australia
 

This chapter introduces a series of Telnet labs that utilize Python’s telnetlib library, providing an exploration of the network engineer’s thought process behind selected networking tasks and translating them into actionable lines of Python code, all from a single point of control. Although Telnet, as a protocol, has fallen out of favor due to its insecure features, this provides you with an opportunity to use this outdated protocol to master converting network engineer’s ...

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