STD 8

STD 8 refers to two Internet Engineering Task Force standards proposed by Jonathan B. Postel and Joyce K. Reynolds from University of Southern California Information Sciences Institute in their Request for Comments published in May 1983.Among other features Telnet protocol was assigned server port 23. STD 8 refers to two Internet Engineering Task Force standards proposed by Jonathan B. Postel and Joyce K. Reynolds from University of Southern California Information Sciences Institute in their Request for Comments published in May 1983.Among other features Telnet protocol was assigned server port 23.