Open source Telnet Java API

Question

Is there an open source telnet API/library out there for Java (something like Python telnetlib)? I need to connect to a server using telnet and execute some commands from within a Java program.

Answer 1

My preference is to use the Apache Commons-Net library. http://commons.apache.org/net/ It supports many client protocols, including Telnet.

I've used this in the past and it works quite well.

Answer 2

Maybe is worth considering using SSH protocol, instead of Telnet. Telnet is much less secure, for instance all the data is transmitted as plain text (including your passwords).

Answer 3

Sure is.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/jtelnet/ (EDIT: Noted as crap.)

Here is an Apache project which is presumably much more handy:

http://commons.apache.org/net/