Here's the list of all the telnet RFCs.
0097 is the original prototype; 854 and 855 are the current standard.
Rohit, you owe me a van search. And I *dare* you to *try* write a
2000-word history of Telnet.
Look at all these RFCs. Oy. Which ones to write one-sentence
descriptions of?
0097 First Cut at a Proposed Telnet Protocol. J.T. Melvin, R.W.
Watson. Feb-15-1971. (Not online) (Status: UNKNOWN)
0137 Telnet Protocol - a proposed document. T.C. O'Sullivan.
Apr-30-1971. (Not online) (Updated by RFC0139) (Status: UNKNOWN)
0139 Discussion of Telnet Protocol. T.C. O'Sullivan. May-07-1971. (Not
online) (Updates RFC0137) (Updated by RFC0158) (Also RFC393) (Status: UNKNOWN)
0158 Telnet Protocol: A proposed document. T.C. O'Sullivan.
May-19-1971. (Not online) (Obsoleted by RFC0495) (Updates RFC0139)
(Updated by RFC0318) (Also RFC393) (Status: UNKNOWN)
0206 User Telnet - description of an initial implementation. J.E.
White. Aug-09-1971. (Not online) (Status: UNKNOWN)
0215 NCP, ICP, and Telnet: The Terminal IMP implementation. A.M.
McKenzie. Aug-30-1971. (Format: TXT=16645 bytes) (Status: UNKNOWN)
0216 Telnet access to UCSB's On-Line System. J.E. White. Sep-08-1971.
(Not online) (Status: UNKNOWN)
0328 Suggested Telnet Protocol Changes. J. Postel. Apr-29-1972.
(Format: TXT=2685 bytes) (Status: UNKNOWN)
0339 MLTNET: A "Multi Telnet" subsystem for Tenex. R. Thomas.
May-05-1972. (Not online) (Status: UNKNOWN)
0340 Proposed Telnet Changes. T.C. O'Sullivan. May-15-1972. (Format:
TXT=2656 bytes) (Also RFC0328) (Status: UNKNOWN)
0393 Comments on Telnet Protocol Changes. J.M. Winett. Oct-03-1972.
(Format: TXT=9435 bytes) (Also RFC109, RFC139, RFC158, RFC318,
RFC328) (Status: UNKNOWN)
0435 Telnet issues. B. Cosell, D.C. Walden. Jan-05-1973. (Not online)
(Updates RFC0318) (Status: UNKNOWN)
0461 Telnet Protocol meeting announcement. A.M. McKenzie. Feb-14-1973.
(Not online) (Status: UNKNOWN)
0466 Telnet logger/server for host LL-67. J.M. Winett. Feb-27-1973.
(Not online) (Status: UNKNOWN)
0495 Telnet Protocol specifications. A.M. McKenzie. May-01-1973. (Not
online) (Obsoletes RFC0158) (Status: UNKNOWN)
0513 Comments on the new Telnet specifications. W. Hathaway.
May-30-1973. (Not online) (Status: UNKNOWN)
0559 Comments on the new Telnet Protocol and its implementation. A.K.
Bhushan. Aug-15-1973. (Not online) (Status: UNKNOWN)
0560 Remote Controlled Transmission and Echoing Telnet option. D.
Crocker, J. Postel. Aug-18-1973. (Not online) (Status: UNKNOWN)
0562 Modifications to the Telnet specification. A.M. McKenzie.
Aug-28-1973. (Not online) (Status: UNKNOWN)
0563 Comments on the RCTE Telnet option. J. Davidson. Aug-28-1973.
(Not online) (Status: UNKNOWN)
0581 Corrections to RFC 560: Remote Controlled Transmission and
Echoing Telnet option. D. Crocker, J. Postel. Nov-02-1973. (Not
online) (Status: UNKNOWN)
0587 Announcing new Telnet options. J. Postel. Nov-13-1973. (Not
online) (Status: UNKNOWN)
0593 Telnet and FTP implementation schedule change. A.M. McKenzie, J.
Postel. Nov-29-1973. (Not online) (Status: UNKNOWN)
0595 Second thoughts in defense of the Telnet Go-Ahead. W. Hathaway.
Dec-12-1973. (Not online) (Status: UNKNOWN)
0596 Second thoughts on Telnet Go-Ahead. E.A. Taft. Dec-08-1973. (Not
online) (Status: UNKNOWN)
0651 Revised Telnet status option. D. Crocker. Oct-25-1974. (Not
online) (Obsoleted by RFC0859) (Status: UNKNOWN)
0652 Telnet output carriage-return disposition option. D. Crocker.
Oct-25-1974. (Not online) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)
0653 Telnet output horizontal tabstops option. D. Crocker.
Oct-25-1974. (Not online) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)
0654 Telnet output horizontal tab disposition option. D. Crocker.
Oct-25-1974. (Not online) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)
0655 Telnet output formfeed disposition option. D. Crocker.
Oct-25-1974. (Not online) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)
0656 Telnet output vertical tabstops option. D. Crocker. Oct-25-1974.
(Not online) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)
0657 Telnet output vertical tab disposition option. D. Crocker.
Oct-25-1974. (Not online) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)
0658 Telnet output linefeed disposition. D. Crocker. Oct-25-1974. (Not
online) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)
0659 Announcing additional Telnet options. J. Postel. Oct-18-1974.
(Not online) (Status: UNKNOWN)
0669 November, 1974, survey of New-Protocol Telnet servers. D.W.
Dodds. Dec-04-1974. (Not online) (Status: UNKNOWN)
0679 February, 1975, survey of New-Protocol Telnet servers. D.W.
Dodds. Feb-21-1975. (Not online) (Status: UNKNOWN)
0688 Tentative schedule for the new Telnet implementation for the TIP.
D.C. Walden. Jun-04-1975. (Not online) (Status: UNKNOWN)
0698 Telnet extended ASCII option. T. Mock. Jul-23-1975. (Not online)
(Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)
0701 August, 1974, survey of New-Protocol Telnet servers. D.W. Dodds.
Aug-01-1974. (Not online) (Status: UNKNOWN)
0702 September, 1974, survey of New-Protocol Telnet servers. D.W.
Dodds. Sep-25-1974. (Not online) (Status: UNKNOWN)
0703 July, 1975, survey of New-Protocol Telnet Servers. D.W. Dodds.
Jul-11-1975. (Not online) (Status: UNKNOWN)
0726 Remote Controlled Transmission and Echoing Telnet option. J.
Postel, D. Crocker. Mar-08-1977. (Not online) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)
0727 Telnet logout option. M.R. Crispin. Apr-27-1977. (Not online)
(Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)
0728 Minor pitfall in the Telnet Protocol. J.D. Day. Apr-27-1977. (Not
online) (Status: UNKNOWN)
0729 Telnet byte macro option. D. Crocker. May-13-1977. (Not online)
(Obsoleted by RFC0735) (Status: UNKNOWN)
0731 Telnet Data Entry Terminal option. J.D. Day. Jun-27-1977.
(Format: TXT=61648 bytes) (Obsoleted by RFC0732) (Status: UNKNOWN)
0732 Telnet Data Entry Terminal option. J.D. Day. Sep-12-1977.
(Format: TXT=57160 bytes) (Obsoletes RFC0731) (Updated by RFC1043)
(Status: UNKNOWN)
0735 Revised Telnet byte macro option. D. Crocker, R.H. Gumpertz.
Nov-03-1977. (Format: TXT=10585 bytes) (Obsoletes RFC0729) (Status:
PROPOSED STANDARD)
0736 Telnet SUPDUP option. M.R. Crispin. Oct-31-1977. (Format:
TXT=3081 bytes) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)
0748 Telnet randomly-lose option. M.R. Crispin. Apr-01-1978. (Not
online) (Status: UNKNOWN)
0749 Telnet SUPDUP-Output option. B. Greenberg. Sep-18-1978. (Not
online) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)
0764 Telnet Protocol specification. J. Postel. Jun-01-1980. (Not
online) (Obsoleted by RFC0854) (Status: UNKNOWN)
0779 Telnet send-location option. E. Killian. Apr-01-1981. (Not
online) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)
0818 Remote User Telnet service. J. Postel. Nov-01-1982. (Format:
TXT=3693 bytes) (Status: HISTORIC)
0854 Telnet Protocol specification. J. Postel, J.K. Reynolds.
May-01-1983. (Format: TXT=39371 bytes) (Obsoletes RFC0764, NIC 18639)
(Status: STANDARD)
0855 Telnet option specifications. J. Postel, J.K. Reynolds.
May-01-1983. (Format: TXT=6218 bytes) (Obsoletes NIC 18640) (Status:
STANDARD)
0856 Telnet binary transmission. J. Postel, J.K. Reynolds.
May-01-1983. (Format: TXT=9192 bytes) (Obsoletes NIC 15389) (Status:
UNKNOWN)
0857 Telnet echo option. J. Postel, J.K. Reynolds. May-01-1983.
(Format: TXT=11143 bytes) (Obsoletes NIC 15390) (Status: UNKNOWN)
0858 Telnet Suppress Go Ahead option. J. Postel, J.K. Reynolds.
May-01-1983. (Format: TXT=3825 bytes) (Obsoletes NIC 15392) (Status:
UNKNOWN)
0859 Telnet status option. J. Postel, J.K. Reynolds. May-01-1983.
(Format: TXT=4443 bytes) (Obsoletes RFC0651) (Status: UNKNOWN)
0860 Telnet timing mark option. J. Postel, J.K. Reynolds. May-01-1983.
(Format: TXT=8108 bytes) (Obsoletes NIC 16238) (Status: UNKNOWN)
0861 Telnet extended options: List option. J. Postel, J.K. Reynolds.
May-01-1983. (Format: TXT=3181 bytes) (Obsoletes NIC 16239) (Status:
UNKNOWN)
0884 Telnet terminal type option. M. Solomon, E. Wimmers. Dec-01-1983.
(Format: TXT=7881 bytes) (Obsoleted by RFC0930) (Status: UNKNOWN)
0885 Telnet end of record option. J. Postel. Dec-01-1983. (Format:
TXT=3232 bytes) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)
0927 TACACS user identification Telnet option. B.A. Anderson.
Dec-01-1984. (Format: TXT=5474 bytes) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)
0930 Telnet terminal type option. M. Solomon, E. Wimmers. Jan-01-1985.
(Format: TXT=6583 bytes) (Obsoletes RFC0884) (Obsoleted by RFC1091)
(Status: UNKNOWN)
0933 Output marking Telnet option. S. Silverman. Jan-01-1985. (Format:
TXT=6715 bytes) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)
0946 Telnet terminal location number option. R. Nedved. May-01-1985.
(Format: TXT=6285 bytes) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)
1041 Telnet 3270 regime option. Y. Rekhter. Jan-01-1988. (Format:
TXT=11608 bytes) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)
1043 Telnet Data Entry Terminal option: DODIIS implementation. A.
Yasuda, T. Thompson. Feb-01-1988. (Format: TXT=59478 bytes) (Updates
RFC0732) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)
1053 Telnet X.3 PAD option. S. Levy, T. Jacobson. Apr-01-1988.
(Format: TXT=48952 bytes) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)
1073 Telnet window size option. D. Waitzman. Oct-01-1988. (Format:
TXT=7639 bytes) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)
1079 Telnet terminal speed option. C.L. Hedrick. Dec-01-1988. (Format:
TXT=4942 bytes) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)
1080 Telnet remote flow control option. C.L. Hedrick. Nov-01-1988.
(Format: TXT=6688 bytes) (Obsoleted by RFC1372) (Status: UNKNOWN)
1091 Telnet terminal-type option. J. VanBokkelen. Feb-01-1989.
(Format: TXT=13439 bytes) (Obsoletes RFC0930) (Status: PROPOSED
STANDARD)
1096 Telnet X display location option. G.A. Marcy. Mar-01-1989.
(Format: TXT=4634 bytes) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)
1097 Telnet subliminal-message option. B. Miller. Apr-01-1989.
(Format: TXT=5490 bytes) (Status: UNKNOWN)
1116 Telnet Linemode option. D.A. Borman. Aug-01-1989. (Format:
TXT=47473 bytes) (Obsoleted by RFC1184) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)
1143 The Q Method of Implementing TELNET Option Negotiation. D.J.
Bernstein. Feb-01-1990. (Format: TXT=23331 bytes) (Status:
EXPERIMENTAL)
1184 Telnet Linemode option. D.A. Borman. Oct-01-1990. (Format:
TXT=53085 bytes) (Obsoletes RFC1116) (Status: DRAFT STANDARD)
1205 5250 Telnet interface. P. Chmielewski. Feb-01-1991. (Format:
TXT=27179 bytes) (Status: INFORMATIONAL)
1372 Telnet Remote Flow Control Option. C. Hedrick, D. Borman. October
1992. (Format: TXT=11098 bytes) (Obsoletes RFC1080) (Status: PROPOSED
STANDARD)
1408 Telnet Environment Option. D. Borman, Editor. January 1993.
(Format: TXT=13936 bytes) (Updated by RFC1571) (Status: HISTORIC)
1409 Telnet Authentication Option. D. Borman, Editor. January 1993.
(Format: TXT=13119 bytes) (Obsoleted by RFC1416) (Status:
EXPERIMENTAL)
1411 Telnet Authentication: Kerberos Version 4. D. Borman, Editor.
January 1993. (Format: TXT=7967 bytes) (Status: EXPERIMENTAL)
1412 Telnet Authentication: SPX. K. Alagappan. January 1993. (Format:
TXT=6952 bytes) (Status: EXPERIMENTAL)
1416 Telnet Authentication Option. D. Borman, Editor. February 1993.
(Format: TXT=13270 bytes) (Obsoletes RFC1409) (Status: EXPERIMENTAL)
1571 Telnet Environment Option Interoperability Issues. D. Borman.
January 1994. (Format: TXT=8117 bytes) (Updates RFC1408) (Status:
INFORMATIONAL)
1572 Telnet Environment Option. S. Alexander. January 1994. (Format:
TXT=14676 bytes) (Status: PROPOSED STANDARD)
2066 TELNET CHARSET Option. R. Gellens. January 1997. (Format:
TXT=26088 bytes) (Status: EXPERIMENTAL)
2217 Telnet Com Port Control Option. G. Clark. October 1997. (Format:
TXT=31664 bytes) (Status: EXPERIMENTAL)
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