How to Install and Uninstall telnet-ssl Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: April 28,2024

1. Install "telnet-ssl" package

This tutorial shows how to install telnet-ssl on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                telnet-ssl
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "telnet-ssl" package

Learn how to uninstall telnet-ssl on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                telnet-ssl
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the telnet-ssl package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: telnet-ssl
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.17.41+0.2-3.3build1
Priority: extra
Section: universe/net
Source: netkit-telnet-ssl
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Mats Erik Andersson
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 209
Provides: telnet-client
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0), libstdc++6 (>= 5)
Filename: pool/universe/n/netkit-telnet-ssl/telnet-ssl_0.17.41+0.2-3.3build1_amd64.deb
Size: 81516
MD5sum: bf64c7a786f8a6f83a59018ce5002145
SHA1: 978dcd9dc596bdb3e6b91a047e7e849695f991ca
SHA256: 574f4a064c989c57984deaf561eee97de5ee94298df2cf232098bb842fc30cfe
SHA512: fe9f57db05749f0c520e567f16cdb26bef2a6435135b7d384a02cf4f71e4c074d6c149528ed6d1f9064ed2dfaa529e9889c0b44b287cb18e3ae3fb4a1accf483
Description-en: telnet client with SSL encryption support
The telnet command is used for interactive communication with another host
using the TELNET protocol.
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SSL telnet replaces normal telnet using SSL authentication and
encryption. It interoperates with normal telnetd in both directions.
It checks if the other side is also talking SSL, if not it falls back
to normal telnet protocol.
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Advantages over normal telnet: Your passwords and the data you send
will not go in cleartext over the line. Nobody can get it with
tcpdump or similar tools. With SSLtelnet you can also connect to
https-server like https://www.mozilla.org. Just do
'telnet -z ssl www.mozilla.org 443'
Description-md5: b1a107a34bdf1d1c73e4c10892e5ba7c