Works exactly like the Telnet.open() call from the telnetlib
        module, except SSL/TLS may be transparently negotiated.

def open(self, *args, **kwargs):
        """
        Works exactly like the Telnet.open() call from the telnetlib
        module, except SSL/TLS may be transparently negotiated.
        """
        Telnet.open(self, *args, **kwargs)
        if self.force_ssl:
            self._start_tls()