RFC 318 · UNKNOWN · 1972
SUN · 14 JUN 2026
Telnet Protocols
Overview
RFC 318, “Telnet Protocols”, is an Unknown document published in April 1972 by J. Postel. It updates RFC 158. It has since been updated by RFC 435. 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 1972
- RFC 317 Official Host-Host Protocol Modification: Assigned Link Numbers
- RFC 319 Network Host Status
- RFC 316 ARPA Network Data Management Working Group
- RFC 320 Workshop on Hard Copy Line Graphics
- RFC 315 Network Host Status
- RFC 321 CBI Networking Activity at MITRE
- RFC 314 Network Graphics Working Group Meeting
- RFC 322 Well known socket numbers