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Re: Newly revised standards-track RFC

"David A. Borman" <dab@berserkly.cray.com> Wed, 06 April 1994 18:18 UTC

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From: "David A. Borman" <dab@berserkly.cray.com>
Subject: Re: Newly revised standards-track RFC
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> This language is not strong enough and precise enough for me.  How about
> saying that IAC sequences (other than IAC-IAC) WILL be handled as if they
> appeared AFTER the IAC EOR if they appear inside a TN3270E frame.
> For this reason, they SHOULD be sent outside a TN3270E frame.
>
> Fred

Ah, a good way of putting it.  This makes sure that all IAC commands
are properly dealt with as per the Telnet protocol, and still strongly
encourages developers to defer sending any IAC commands until after a
complete TN3270E frame has been sent.
                        -David Borman, dab@cray.com

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