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I seem to remember that at least some TELNET clients would default to "dumb byte pipe" mode if run on some other port than 23. However, I can't find anything su

• teddyh 3y ago
  From inetutils-telnet(1): “When connecting to a non-standard port, telnet omits any automatic initiation of TELNET options.” <https://manpages.debian.org/bookworm/inetutils-telnet/inetutils-telnet.1.en.html https://manpages.debian.org/bookworm/inetutils-telnet/inetut...> From the manual of the old Linux NetKit telnet: “When connecting to ports other than the telnet port, telnet does not attempt telnet protocol negotiations.”