TELNET question

[Lee Chastain <[e-mail]>]

I would like some help in understanding a situation I currently have 
involving a TELNET test -

The tester sets up a TELNET server on a non-standard port (2300) for a 
TELNET USER test.  The tester and the IUT are both SUN workstations; the 
user is operating from a SUN-CMD cmdtool window.

I have noticed that when this implementation of TELNET connects to a 
port other than 23, option negotiation does not take place, and the server
(being a tester) does not propose or request any options.

The problem arises out of a test for the handling of newlines; if I 
understand correctly, the default newline under the conditions I've
outlined should be the <CR LF>.  However, the server sends just the <LF>
and the user TELNET Implementation Under Test (IUT) processes it as a
newline character.  I know that 0A <LF> is the native newline character
for these systems, but are they allowed by the TELNET protocol to default to 
anything other than <CR LF> ?  Are all TELNET bets off because port 2300
was used?  

Thanks, Lee Chastain.