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Telnet remote flow control option

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RFC 1080           Telnet Remote Flow Control Option       December 1988


1. Command Name and Code

      TOGGLE-FLOW-CONTROL

      Code = 33

2. Command Meanings

      IAC WILL TOGGLE-FLOW-CONTROL

         Sender is willing to enable and disable flow control upon
         command.

      IAC WON'T TOGGLE-FLOW-CONTROL

         Sender refuses to enable and disable flow control.  Nothing is
         implied about whether sender does or does not use flow control.
         It is simply unwilling to enable and disable it using this
         protocol.

      IAC DO TOGGLE-FLOW-CONTROL

         Sender is willing to send commands to enable and disable flow
         control.

      IAC DON'T TOGGLE-FLOW-CONTROL

         Sender refuses to send command to enable and disable flow
         control.

      IAC SB TOGGLE-FLOW-CONTROL OFF IAC SE

         Sender requests receiver to disable flow control.  The code for
         OFF is 0.

      IAC SB TOGGLE-FLOW-CONTROL ON IAC SE

         Sender requests receiver to enable flow control.  The code for
         ON is 1.

3. Default

      WON'T TOGGLE-FLOW-CONTROL

         Flow control information will not be exchanged.






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