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- From: jbvb@vax.ftp.com (James B. VanBokkelen)
- Subject: Re: What is the minimum set of options a telnet server must negotiate?
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- References: <1992Sep1.215803.7063@news.uiowa.edu>
- Date: Wed, 02 Sep 1992 15:45:20
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- In article <1992Sep1.215803.7063@news.uiowa.edu> dsiebert@icaen.uiowa.edu (Doug Siebert) writes:
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- I'm asking because I have an application into which I may want to try to
- include some very primitive telnetd capabilities, so that I can negotiate
- to turn off echo, turn on character at a time mode, and get the terminal
- type of the connecting client. Would it be sufficient to just properly
- negotiate these options at the start and then refuse ANY negotiation after
- that time?
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- Yes, as long as you could accept the options you want in an arbitrary
- order and avoid infinite option loops. You will need to continue to
- parse IACs for the duration of the connection, though, though, and it
- is a good idea to always handle IAC AYT...
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