From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeffrey Altman Subject: Re: Serial port redirection Date: Fri, 05 Dec 2003 10:33:12 -0500 Sender: linux-serial-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <3FD0A538.8000400@columbia.edu> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/x-pkcs7-signature"; micalg=sha1; boundary="------------ms090807020104000604090906" Return-path: Received: from jalapeno.cc.columbia.edu ([128.59.59.238]:8181 "EHLO jalapeno.cc.columbia.edu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264548AbTLEPde (ORCPT ); Fri, 5 Dec 2003 10:33:34 -0500 In-Reply-To: List-Id: linux-serial@vger.kernel.org To: Peter Astrand Cc: Corey Minyard , d.sbragion@infotecna.it, linux-serial@vger.kernel.org This is a cryptographically signed message in MIME format. --------------ms090807020104000604090906 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Peter Astrand wrote: >>The reality is RFC is experimental and not authoritative. The only >>thing that really counts is what Cisco actually shipped in their IOS >>implementation. Lucky me I actually have a terminal >>server that implements it. If you look at the C-Kermit sources you will >>see that the client is written to accept both values from the server. >>You will also find that Cisco does not send the baudrates as specified >>in the RFC but instead uses an enumeration. >> >>With regards to the comment about the use of separate codes to indicate >>direction, this was written without a good understanding of the Telnet >>Option negotiation. The reality is that there is no need for a telnet >>protocol option to have separate commands for each direction as the >>option itself must be negotiated separately in each direction. >>Therefore, there is no possibility of confusion. >> >> > >Perhaps we should make a new, updated RFC? It could include this vital >information, as well as give advice on how to handle the different cases. > > I am willing to do so. I have a list of other Telnet RFCs which need to be updated. Unfortunately, the IETF has very little interest these days in updating the Telnet protocol. Now that SSH is around the feeling is that Telnet should fade away and people who want this type of functionality should implement a new protocol on top of SSH. --------------ms090807020104000604090906 Content-Type: application/x-pkcs7-signature; name="smime.p7s" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="smime.p7s" Content-Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature MIAGCSqGSIb3DQEHAqCAMIACAQExCzAJBgUrDgMCGgUAMIAGCSqGSIb3DQEHAQAAoIIJUDCC AwYwggJvoAMCAQICAwpxijANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQQFADCBkjELMAkGA1UEBhMCWkExFTATBgNV BAgTDFdlc3Rlcm4gQ2FwZTESMBAGA1UEBxMJQ2FwZSBUb3duMQ8wDQYDVQQKEwZUaGF3dGUx HTAbBgNVBAsTFENlcnRpZmljYXRlIFNlcnZpY2VzMSgwJgYDVQQDEx9QZXJzb25hbCBGcmVl bWFpbCBSU0EgMjAwMC44LjMwMB4XDTAzMDczMDAyMDkyOFoXDTA0MDcyOTAyMDkyOFowRjEf MB0GA1UEAxMWVGhhd3RlIEZyZWVtYWlsIE1lbWJlcjEjMCEGCSqGSIb3DQEJARYUamFsdG1h bkBjb2x1bWJpYS5lZHUwggEiMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBAQUAA4IBDwAwggEKAoIBAQDBtDG6ZyGA sK+rZOfKPKGBn6oCTLYSLk/mpeX9QTmTG71qh308KUeN35qqoRXjLvscfw6NPOYXiuxE/RqL 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