RFC 137 · UNKNOWN · 1971
MON · 15 JUN 2026
Telnet Protocol - a proposed document
Overview
RFC 137, “Telnet Protocol - a proposed document”, is an Unknown document published in April 1971 by T.C. O'Sullivan. It has since been updated by RFC 139. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
What “Unknown” means
The standards-track status of this early RFC was never formally classified.
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Relationships to other RFCs
Other RFCs from 1971
- RFC 136 Host accounting and administrative procedures
- RFC 138 Status report on proposed Data Reconfiguration Service
- RFC 135 Response to NWG/RFC 110
- RFC 139 Discussion of Telnet Protocol
- RFC 134 Network Graphics meeting
- RFC 140 Agenda for the May NWG meeting
- RFC 133 File Transfer and Error Recovery
- RFC 141 Comments on RFC 114: A File Transfer Protocol