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From: greg@cheers.uucp (Greg Onufer)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp
Subject: Re: RR0 on initial packet
Message-ID: <MQH&K.1288@cheers.uucp>
Date: 3 Jan 90 11:50:54 GMT
References: <1989Dec24.080341.11406@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU>
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cambler@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (Fubar) writes:
>master sends packet, as 1 (this is the first thing), containing
>"S [da da da da da da da da] 0666" and a bunch of nulls to fill it out
>to the window size, in my case, 64 bytes.

Yes, one minor detail you left out is that the message may be sent in
more than one packet if it is longer than the packet size (_not_ the
window size).  You must read (and ACK) packets until one contains a
NULL character.  These together make up the message.

Also, the message packet is not, I believe, guaranteed to be padded
with NULLs, only one NULL at the end of the message is guaranteed.
The rest of that final packet may very well be garbage. 

Cheers!greg