RFC 1571 · INFORMATIONAL · 1994

Telnet Environment Option Interoperability Issues

Overview

RFC 1571, “Telnet Environment Option Interoperability Issues”, is an Informational document published in January 1994 by D. Borman. It updates RFC 1408. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

This document describes a method for allowing implementors to ensure that their implementation of the Environment option will be interoperable with as many other implementations as possible, by providing a set of heuristics that can be used to help identify which definitions for VAR and VALUE are being used by the other side of the connection. This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.

Abstract as published in the RFC, via rfc-editor.org.

What “Informational” means

Published for the general information of the community. It does not define an IETF standard and carries no standards-track status.

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Relationships to other RFCs
This RFC updates
RFC 1408
Other RFCs from 1994

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