"Adam Langley" <agl at linuxpower.org> writes:

> The first four bytes are a standard Freenet protocol switch. The internode
> protocol also uses them (but a different code of course).

It feels like a wart to have a plain-text protocol that needs exactly
4 bytes in binary. Why not give FCP protocol number 1178816544
(decimal)?

> You can enter them using Alt-keypad sequences on the console, and
> it's only a minor niggle to patch netcat.

I usually do something like

$ printf "\0\0\0\02..." | nc 0 8481

-- 
Robbe
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