Date: Mon, 21 Jul 1997 17:33:22 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: jkh@time.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard) Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /usr/src/lib/libtelnet - why? Message-ID: <199707220033.RAA12217@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <199707211610.JAA28312@time.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at Jul 21, 97 09:10:03 am
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[ ... telnet protocol ... ] > 1. There does not, it would appear, exist any reasonable API > and library for handling this kind of stuff, leaving the actual > UI details up a layer where you'd think they should be. That > kinda sucks since anybody wanting to communicate over a socket > with telnet protocol (who's not telnet) has to reimplement this > all from scratch. Look at the FTP code, specifically the control channel code, which uses telnet protocol. I did this same thing for a modem server product in 1988. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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