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From: arc@kaibab.wpd.sgi.com (Andrew Cherenson)
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Subject: Re: Where does TERM get set for Telnet logins (NOT EXACTLY)
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Date: 4 Jan 91 03:49:07 GMT
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In article <79506@sgi.sgi.com> vjs@rhyolite.wpd.sgi.com (Vernon Schryver) writes:
>In article <1991Jan1.104335@IASTATE.EDU>, john@IASTATE.EDU (Hascall John Paul) writes:
>> ... They are not (as described above) exactly the same.  Under BSD ...
>
>To clear up any confusion among readers of the preceding thread, IRIX 3.3
>telnet and telnetd are very 4.3BSD-Tahoe-ish.  The modest source
>differences are related to implementation details of things like PTY's and
>SV signals.  The IRIS 4D has always had 4.3BSD networking, with a slavish
>but enthusiastic attitude toward BSD purity and 4.3 "diffability."  I'm one
>of the slaves.
>
>
>Vernon Schryver,   vjs@sgi.com

To be precise, the IRIX 3.3 telnetd is based on the 
4.3BSD "networking release" version and the telnet command 
is Dave Borman's March 1990 version.