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From: phil@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: KeepAlive
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Date: 24 May 89 20:21:00 GMT
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Nf-From: ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!phil    May 24 15:21:00 1989


> If I have a telnet connection to a host, and then the network fails,
> I would appreciate it if the remote host knew this and could
> undertake appropriate cleanup activities.

Perhaps what might be needed is a RAYT (Reverse Are You There) command,
which is sent from server to client, and the client say YIAH (Yes I Am Here)
back to the server.  AYT already suffices the other way.

--Phil howard--  <phil@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>