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Re: socket telnet issues [message #47871 is a reply to message #47793]

Wed, 08 March 2006 07:44

Ricardo Bugalho
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Registered: March 2005

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Hello.

On Tue, 2006-03-07 at 14:48 -0800, henrygroe@gmail.com wrote:
> Does anyone have any experience with using SOCKET to control a telnet
> connection? (And, if so, please share! I haven't found much
> information in the usual places of David's or Craig's websites.)

No experience, but ...

> I'm having some problems with the establishment of the telnet session
> with the IDL socket procedure where the telnet host wants to resize (or
> at least be aware of) the terminal size and I think this is what is
> causing my sessions to hang.

... you are correct. There is some negotiation to the Telnet protocol,
it's not just text over TCP/IP. If you don't implement it properly, you
won't be able to talk to a telnet server. See RFC854.
You might want to search for alternatives, though.

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