Entering the escape character while connected causes telnet to drop to command mode. This option implies the -a option, and may also be used with the open command. When input editing or char acter echoing is to be disabled, the remote system will relay that infor mation. The remote system will also relay changes to any special charac ters that happen on the remote system, so that they can take effect on the local system. The following telnet commands are available.
Unique prefixes are under stood as abbreviations.
If telnet was compiled without authentication, the auth command will not be supported. Enable the specified type of authentication. Note that the current version of telnet does not support au thentication. Disable the specified type of encryption. If you do not specify input or output, encryption of both is disabled.