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From: John Capo <jc@irbs.com>
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Subject: More on telnet prompt
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If your erase character is DEL, ^?, you always get the login prompt.
If your erase character is BS, ^H, it falls on the floor.  Enable
telnetd option debugging with -D options in inetd.conf and watch
the difference in negotiations between the two erase characters.

John Capo