RFC 2840 (rfc2840) - Page 1 of 12
TELNET KERMIT OPTION
Alternative Format: Original Text Document
Network Working Group J. Altman
Request for Comments: 2840 F. da Cruz
Category: Informational Columbia University
May 2000
TELNET KERMIT OPTION
Status of this Memo
This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does
not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this
memo is unlimited.
Copyright Notice
Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2000). All Rights Reserved.
The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
"SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this
document are to be interpreted as described in RFC 2119.
ABSTRACT
This document describes an extension to the Telnet protocol to allow
the negotiation, coordination, and use of the Kermit file transfer
and management protocol over an existing Telnet protocol connection.
CONTENTS
1. MOTIVATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2. DEFINITIONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
3. COMMANDS AND CODES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
4. COMMAND MEANINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
5. KERMIT PROTOCOL IMPLICATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
6. EXAMPLES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
6.1. EXAMPLE 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
6.2. EXAMPLE 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
6.3. EXAMPLE 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
6.4. EXAMPLE 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
6.5. EXAMPLE 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
7. SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
8. REFERENCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
9. AUTHORS' ADDRESSES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
10. FULL COPYRIGHT STATEMENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
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