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From: rms@saturn.ACC.COM (Ron Stoughton acc_gnsc)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: SUN user telnet bug?
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Date: 29 Apr 89 05:07:01 GMT
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	When in single character, local echo mode, and you type return, it
	apparently send a plain <lf>.  This is wrong, and troublesome to
	some applications who really want to see <cr> or <eol>.  Is there
	a fix/patch/new version of SUN telnet?  This bugs seems to be in
	the telnets shipped with both 3.5 and 4.0 SUNOS...

I too am interested in the answer to this question.  We have changed our
RFC-compliant server Telnet to grok <lf> as Telnet <eol> and are about to
distribute this to our customers.  I am inclined to cave into the needs
of our customers rather than stand our ground and be technically right.
However, isn't this stretching the robustness principle beyond its intended
purpose.

Ron Stoughton
rms@saturn.acc.com