telnetlib is going to stick around.

pep-3108.txt

@@ -208,12 +208,6 @@ or because the audience for the code is small.
 
   + Undocumented.
 
-* telnetlib
-
-  + Telnet is not used very much anymore.
-  + Telnet is unsafe.
-  + Most people use SSH instead.
-
 * toaiff
 
   + Undocumented.
@@ -590,6 +584,18 @@ made for the maintainer to change the name so that it matches PEP 8
 and hides the C implementation.
 
 
+Rejected Ideas
+==============
+
+Modules that will stay
+----------------------
+
+* telnetlib
+
+    + Really handy for quick-and-dirty remote access.
+    + Some hardware supports telnet for accessing it.
+
+
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