Telnet terminal location number option
RFC 946, “Telnet terminal location number option”, is a Proposed Standard document published in May 1985 by R. Nedved. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
Many systems provide a mechanism for finding out where a user is logged in from usually including information about telephone extension and office occupants names. The information is useful for physically locating people and/or calling them on the phone. In 1982 CMU designed and implemented a terminal location database and modified existing network software to handle a 64-bit number called the Terminal Location Number (or TTYLOC). It now seems appropriate to incorporate this mechanism into the TCP-based network protocol family. The mechanism is not viewed as a replacement for the Terminal Location Telnet Option (SEND-LOCATION) but as a shorthand mechansim for communicating terminal location information between hosts in a localized community. This RFC proposes a new option for Telnet for the ARPA-Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements.
What “Proposed Standard” means
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- RFC 945 DoD statement on the NRC report
- RFC 947 Multi-network broadcasting within the Internet
- RFC 944 Official ARPA-Internet protocols
- RFC 948 Two methods for the transmission of IP datagrams over IEEE 802.3 networks
- RFC 943 Assigned numbers
- RFC 949 FTP unique-named store command
- RFC 942 Transport protocols for Department of Defense data networks
- RFC 950 Internet Standard Subnetting Procedure