Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Path: utzoo!henry
From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: Does FTP Define A C Level Protocol?
Message-ID: <1991Apr27.234535.25102@zoo.toronto.edu>
Date: Sat, 27 Apr 1991 23:45:35 GMT
References: <41713@cup.portal.com>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology

In article <41713@cup.portal.com> Will@cup.portal.com (Will E Estes) writes:
>Does the FTP definition include a C level protocol?

The FTP definition defines the bytes on the wire, not at the C or user
level.  Although it's a non-trivial protocol, there is nothing stopping
you from implementing it however you wish.  RFC959 is the basic defining
document, although a look at RFC1123's FTP section is in order first.
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