RFC 2653 (rfc2653) - Page 2 of 11
CIP Transport Protocols
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RFC 2653 CIP Transport Protocols August 1999
building. It should also stand as an example of a simple way to
leverage existing Internet technologies to easily implement new
application-level services.
1.2 Conventions
The key words "MUST" and "MAY" in this document are to be interpreted
as described in "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement
Levels" [KEYWORDS].
Formal syntax is defined using ABNF [ABNF].
In examples octets sent by the sender-CIP are preceded by ">>> " and
those sent by the receiver-CIP by "". On existing Whois++
servers implementing version 1 and 2 of CIP, this results in a 500-
series response code, and the server terminates the connection. If
Allen, et al. Standards Track