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From: BILLW@MATHOM.CISCO.COM (William "Chops" Westfield)
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Subject: Re: Want 8-bit/256 character clean TELNET session -- is it possible?
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Date: 21 Jan 91 05:57:24 GMT
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I have actually written a spec for the "telnet `don't telnet anymore'"
option, which allows a system to volunteer that it will never send
any more telnet command or negotiations.  The idea behind this was
to allow hosts/terminal servers that don't care about negotiations
after the initial setup phase to be able to stop looking for them,
and gain the efficiency that you are talking about.

This RFC has been up before the IETF telnet working group, on and off
again.  We can't seem to decide whether the potential usefullness of
the option outweighs the fact that it's such a disgusting kludge.

Bill Westfield
cisco Systems.
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