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Re: Newly revised standards-track RFC

fab@fab.md.interlink.com Thu, 07 April 1994 18:14 UTC

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Subject: Re: Newly revised standards-track RFC
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> Ok, Telnet commands within a TN3270E data message must be processed,
> but they may be processed either before or after the TN3270E data
> message that contains them (implementation dependent).
>
>                         -David Borman, dab@cray.com
>

I for one do not like this ambiguity.  Here is a hole into which great
interoperability problems may someday fall.  Dave, please argue WHY
the options should be processed EITHER before or after, instead of
just AFTER.

Here is Eddie's reason why it should be AFTER:

>I think it is better to do it after the EOR because there might be more
>TN3270 data than could possibly be buffered up.  It is presumed that the
>TELNET options could more easily be saved until the EOR is rec'd.
>Eddie Renoux   elr@mcdata.com

Fred

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