RFC 309 (rfc309) - Page 4 of 6
Data and File Transfer Workshop Announcement
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NWG/RFC # 309 Abhay Bhushan
Tentative List of Items for Discussion
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Data Transfer Protocol (DTP)
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- DTP vs TELNET. Concept of extended TELNET, or
allowing use of ASCII in DTP.
- Error Control and recovery in DTP (use of
error checks, restart, etc.)
- Modes available -- handshake, only one mode, or use
of default.
- Information separator, Aborts, and the Use
of Close (NCP-CLS) to Separate Information.
- Use of DTP with TIPs
- Use of DTP with DATACOMPUTER
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
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- Use of ICP, inter-mixing data and control,
transferring files to third connections
(possibly to different sites)
- The command language ASCII or codes
- Handling of data types and physical storage.
- Handling of descriptors and logical structure
- Error control and error recovery
- Use of FTP with TIPs
- Use of FTP with DATACOMPUTER
- Uniform Pathnames and the ARPANET virtual file system.