Robert de Bath <robert$ @ debath.co.uk> wrote:
> > As long as we have a plethora of character sets, we have to keep control
> > in the hands of the end user, i.e. the user of the client. We don't want
> > various agents along the communication path making conversions based on
> > guesses about the encoding or behavior of the files or applications
> > involved.
>
> Damn right!
> My pet peeve is telnet clients that don't implement the CR-NL processing
> 'properly' so you can't zmodem though them; especially if the other end
> only has a 94 character kermit!
>
Anybody who still has a 1980s vintage 94-character Kermit can remedy
the situation very easily:
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/
But yes, the connection between the host (i.e. what sits "below" the Telnet
server) and the Telnet client must be transparent, except for Telnet protocol
and NVT rules.
- Frank
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