Source: netkit-telnet-ssl Section: net Priority: optional Maintainer: Debian QA Group Standards-Version: 3.9.8 Rules-Requires-Root: no Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 13), libncurses-dev, libssl-dev, cmake Package: telnet-ssl Architecture: any Depends: netbase, ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends} Provides: telnet-client Description: telnet client with SSL encryption support The telnet command is used for interactive communication with another host using the TELNET protocol. . SSL telnet replaces normal telnet using SSL authentication and encryption. It interoperates with normal telnetd in both directions. It checks if the other side is also talking SSL, if not it falls back to normal telnet protocol. . Advantages over normal telnet: Your passwords and the data you send will not go in cleartext over the line. Package: telnetd-ssl Architecture: any Depends: adduser, openbsd-inetd | inet-superserver, passwd, openssl, ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends} Provides: telnet-server Conflicts: telnetd Description: telnet server with SSL encryption support The in.telnetd program is a server which supports the DARPA telnet interactive communication protocol. . SSL telnetd replaces normal telnetd using SSL authentication and encryption. It interoperates with normal telnetd in both directions. It checks if the other side is also talking SSL, if not it falls back to normal telnet protocol. . Advantages over normal telnetd: Your passwords and the data you send will not go in cleartext over the line.