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<H1>[MUD-Dev] Re: Telnet Echo OFF/ON commands and other thingies..</H1>
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<LI><em>Subject</em>: [MUD-Dev] Re: Telnet Echo OFF/ON commands and other thingies..</LI>
<LI><em>From</em>: Ben Greear <<A HREF="mailto:greear#cyberhighway,net">greear#cyberhighway,net</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Thu, 1 Oct 1998 22:22:48 -0700 (MST)</LI>
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On Thu, 1 Oct 1998, Bruce Mitchener, Jr. wrote:
> From: Chris Gray <cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA>:
>
> >[Bruce Mitchener:]
> >
> > >To turn echo off: `[255, 251, 1, 0, 13]
> > >To turn echo on: `[255, 252, 1, 0, 13]
> >
> >I understand the first three bytes of these (IAC, WILL/WONT, ECHO), but
> >what are the NUL and the CR for? Do some telnet clients require those?
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> Woops. The evils of blindly copying something. I'll pass this along to the
> people that work on ColdCore.
>
> >My testing (with a fairly small set of telnet clients) shows that
> >some do not respond to this correctly. They signal back that they
> >will start echoing again, but don't do so.
>
>
> Can you tell me which clients had this issue? I'd like to pass that along
> also for test cases.
>
> >Note also that if you try to do any telnet commands like this, you should
> >be prepared to either pay attention to, or discard, the replies you
> >should get back. Typically [255, 253, 1] / [255, 254, 1].
Can I always assume that if I get a \377 (255 in decimal) then the next
two chars are also part of a telnet command (and so I may dis-regard
them?)
I'll try to look up the rfc tomorrow....
Thanks,
Ben
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00018" HREF="msg00018.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Introducing the background hook</A></strong>,
Matt Chatterley <a href="mailto:chattemp#ee,port.ac.uk">chattemp#ee,port.ac.uk</a>, Fri 02 Oct 1998, 09:38 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="00012" HREF="msg00012.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Telnet Echo OFF/ON commands and other thingies..</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00014" HREF="msg00014.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Telnet Echo OFF/ON commands and other thingies..</A></strong>,
Bruce Mitchener, Jr. <a href="mailto:ubmitche#mcs,drexel.edu">ubmitche#mcs,drexel.edu</a>, Fri 02 Oct 1998, 04:24 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00015" HREF="msg00015.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Telnet Echo OFF/ON commands and other thingies..</A></strong>,
Caliban Tiresias Darklock <a href="mailto:caliban#darklock,com">caliban#darklock,com</a>, Fri 02 Oct 1998, 05:00 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00017" HREF="msg00017.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Telnet Echo OFF/ON commands and other thingies..</A></strong>,
Ben Greear <a href="mailto:greear#cyberhighway,net">greear#cyberhighway,net</a>, Fri 02 Oct 1998, 05:25 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00019" HREF="msg00019.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Telnet Echo OFF/ON commands and other thingies..</A></strong>,
James Wilson <a href="mailto:jwilson#rochester,rr.com">jwilson#rochester,rr.com</a>, Fri 02 Oct 1998, 10:19 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00020" HREF="msg00020.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Telnet Echo OFF/ON commands and other thingies..</A></strong>,
Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Fri 02 Oct 1998, 14:05 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00004" HREF="msg00004.html">[MUD-Dev] Telnet Echo OFF/ON commands and other thingies..</A></strong>,
Ben Greear <a href="mailto:greear#cyberhighway,net">greear#cyberhighway,net</a>, Thu 01 Oct 1998, 06:02 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00005" HREF="msg00005.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Telnet Echo OFF/ON commands and other thingies..</A></strong>,
Bruce Mitchener <a href="mailto:ubmitche#mcs,drexel.edu">ubmitche#mcs,drexel.edu</a>, Thu 01 Oct 1998, 13:40 GMT
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