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Chapter2 Catalyst 6500 Series Switch and ROM Monitor Commands telnet
telnet
To start a Telnet connection to a remote host or to encrypt a Telnet session, use the telnet command.
telnet host [port]
telnet encrypt kerberos host
Syntax Description
Defaults This command has no default settings.
Command Types Switch command.
Command Modes Privileged.
Usage Guidelines After you authenticate to a switch using Kerberos and you make a Telnet connection to another switch
or host, that connection might not be authenticated by Kerberos. Whether or not the Telnet connection
is authenticated by Kerberos depends on the authentication method that the Telnet server uses. If the
Telnet server uses Kerberos for authentication, you can encrypt all application data packets for the
duration of the Telnet session by using the telnet encrypt kerberos command.
Examples This example shows how to open and close a Telnet session with the host elvis:
Console> (enable) telnet elvis
Trying 192.122.174.11...
Connected to elvis.
Escape character is ’^]’.
UNIX(r) System V Release 4.0 (elvis)
login: fred
Password:
Last login: Thu Oct 15 09:25:01 from forster.cisc.rum
Sun Microsystems Inc. SunOS 5.4 Generic July 1994
You have new mail.
% logout
Console> (enable)
Related Commands clear kerberos creds
disconnect
show kerberos
host Name or IP address of the remote host to which you want to connect.
port (Optional) Specific port connection on the remote host.
encrypt kerberos Encrypts the Telnet session.