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Telnet Management Connection Overview

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The Telnet connection, meeting appropriate RFCs, makes a sub-selection of the standard shell management console available to the connected users.

Before the Telnet Management Connection can be used, the telnet extension must be installed and configured on the iSMO server. The Telnet user can use any standard Telnet client program to interact with the server.

Security Considerations

The Telnet Management Connection provides the following mechanisms to handle security considerations:

  1. Iwtelnet must specifically configured.
  2. An optional whitelist that accepts client connections only from authorized IP addresses.
  3. A user ID and password with user and administrator levels. The password and roles are validated through the authentication realm mechanism, discussed below.
  4. An optional SSL requirement permitting access only from SSL-enabled clients.
  5. A timeout setting to prevent the impersonation of absent logged on users.