Re: [ftpext] Discouraging use of TCP "urgent data"
"William F. Maton" <wmaton@ottix.net> Tue, 21 September 2010 16:57 UTC
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From: "William F. Maton" <wmaton@ottix.net>
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Subject: Re: [ftpext] Discouraging use of TCP "urgent data"
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On Tue, 21 Sep 2010, Alexey Melnikov wrote: > This is somewhat related to FTP: there is currently a document in IESG review > talking about deprecation (or strong discouragement) of use of TCP urgent > data: > > <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-tcpm-urgent-data/> > > I would like to ask people to review this and tell me how this affect FTP. Just taking a quick peek, looks like it isn't relevant to RFC 4217 at least, but as section 14 points out, 'FTP uses the Telnet Interrupt Process and Data Mark commands in conjunction with Urgent data to preface two commands: ABOR (Abort Transfer) and STAT (Status request).' If 'urgent data' isn't recommended for new apps, then FTP is ...... ? wfms
- [ftpext] Discouraging use of TCP "urgent data" Alexey Melnikov
- Re: [ftpext] Discouraging use of TCP "urgent data" William F. Maton
- Re: [ftpext] Discouraging use of TCP "urgent data" Fernando Gont
- Re: [ftpext] Discouraging use of TCP "urgent data" William F. Maton
- Re: [ftpext] Discouraging use of TCP "urgent data" Daniel Stenberg
- Re: [ftpext] Discouraging use of TCP "urgent data" Fernando Gont
- Re: [ftpext] Discouraging use of TCP "urgent data" William F. Maton
- Re: [ftpext] Discouraging use of TCP "urgent data" Daniel Stenberg
- Re: [ftpext] Discouraging use of TCP "urgent data" William F. Maton
- Re: [ftpext] Discouraging use of TCP "urgent data" Fernando Gont
- Re: [ftpext] Discouraging use of TCP "urgent data" Fernando Gont