This article spotlights alternative tools to telnet, a tool to login to a remote system.
We strongly recommend that you don’t use telnet. The main issue with telnet is the lack of security. All the text sent over telnet including usernames and passwords is in plain text.
The software featured here is free and open source. All tools provide a command-line interface (CLI) unless otherwise stated.
| Alternatives to telnet | |
|---|---|
| ssh | Secure encrypted communications between two untrusted hosts |
| mosh | Replacement for interactive SSH terminals |
| Eternal Terminal | Remote shell that automatically reconnects without interrupting the session |
Are we missing any open source alternatives to telnet? Please let us know.
All the CLI tools in this series.
| Alternatives to CLI tools |
|---|
| age // awk // bc // cal // cat // cd // chmod // cksum // cloc // cmp // compress // cp // cron // curl // cut // date // dd // df // diff // dig // du // fdisk // file // find // free // ftp // grep // gzip // hexdump // history // jq // kill // less // locate // ls // lsof // make // man // more // mv / ping // ps // psql // rename // rm // sed // split // ssh // stow // strings // sudo // sysctl // tail // talk // tar // telnet // time // top // touch // traceroute // tree // uname // uniq // uptime // vi // watch // Wget // who // whois // xargs |
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