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From: e85rw@efd.lth.se (Ricard Wolf)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: telnet problem
Message-ID: <1990Oct23.082301.5335@lth.se>
Date: 23 Oct 90 08:23:01 GMT
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Reply-To: e85rw@efd.lth.se (Ricard Wolf)
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In article <9010230414.AA04281@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> KCPENG@TWNCTU01.BITNET writes:
>Hi,
>
>the following telnet problem appears after system has booted up a period
>of time:
>
>        % telnet xxx
>        Trying...
>        Connected to xxx.
>        Escape charcter is '^['
>
>then system hangs. It seems the remote telnetd has been connected, cuz the
>escape sequence is in effect. And likely this problem appears only in Sun
>W/Ss. Any hint is highly welcome.
>
>Kai-Chih Peng
>kcpeng@twnctu01

Actually, the above message indicates that the remote TCP has responded to
the request, not that telnetd has answered. Of course, the telnetd must
tell the TCP to open a port for listening (a "passive" port in TCP
terminology), but the telnetd doesn't print the above message. Instead, it
is the local telnet that desides that once the remote TCP has
responded, the connection is fully opened. The escape character mentioned
is actually handled by the local telnet, and doesn't have anything to do
with the remote telnetd server.
-- 
Ricard Wolf

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