Search Again: Re: Telnet to BSDI still not working From: Shawn Hogan Date: Monday, July 20, 1998 Time: 7:15:29 pm Graeme Easton wrote: >Don't know if this helps, but I just used optigold to telnet to a BSDI 2.1 >machine, and it did the same thing...connected and stopped. I did a "who" on >the bsdi machine, and it showed the connection from optigold running: > >tset -s -m network > >So I looked at my .login, it had my terminal type set as xterm...so i remmed >that line out....and it fixed the problem...... Hmmmm... interesting... is that with the new or the old telscrpt.exe? Well, I've spent a good part of the day today breaking down the telnet negotiation sequence... This is the negotiation that goes on when a telnet session is started to one of the BSDI machines (before you see anything): Requests Terminal Type Requests Terminal Speed Requests X Display Location Requests New Environment Option Requests Environment Option Desires To Supress Go Ahead Characters Requests Echo Mode Requests Linemode Requests About Window Size Desires To Confirm Options Requests Remote Flow Control Desires To Supress Go Ahead Characters Desires Echo The old telscrpt.exe just told the server "I'm not telling" to each option. The NEW telscrpt.exe still tells the server "I'm not telling", but it also tells the server to "Stop Asking". So by telling it to stop asking, the BSDI machines actually do start the session (the headers come through)... But, immediately following the header and right before the login line (you can see it in debugger mode), the serrver drops the connection. And it only seems to be BSDI. So my desk has become a huge RFC stockpile so I have the documentation for each and every requested negotiation. And, I also obtained the source-code to a commercial telnet program that a friend of mine wrote to try and pick it apart to see what the difference in negotiation is. Anyway... back to researching this. :-) - Shawn ------------------------------- Shawn D. Hogan President, Data Point Solutions http://www.data-point.com (619) 452-3696 ICQ: 8319647

Messages In This Thread: Telnet to BSDI still not working by Serge Pluess on Jul 20, 1998 at 3:13:26 pm Re: Telnet to BSDI still not working by Shawn Hogan on Jul 20, 1998 at 4:12:32 pm Re: Telnet to BSDI still not working by Graeme Easton on Jul 20, 1998 at 6:04:46 pm Re: Telnet to BSDI still not working by Graeme Easton on Jul 20, 1998 at 6:45:11 pm Re: Telnet to BSDI still not working by Shawn Hogan on Jul 20, 1998 at 7:15:29 pm Re: Telnet to BSDI still not working by Graeme Easton on Jul 20, 1998 at 8:15:25 pm Re: Telnet to BSDI still not working by Graeme Easton on Jul 20, 1998 at 8:31:12 pm Re: Telnet to BSDI still not working by Shawn Hogan on Jul 20, 1998 at 8:39:32 pm Re: Telnet to BSDI still not working by Serge Pluess on Jul 20, 1998 at 10:27:22 pm Re: Telnet to BSDI still not working by Shawn Hogan on Jul 20, 1998 at 11:07:39 pm Re: Telnet to BSDI still not working by Graeme Easton on Jul 21, 1998 at 4:52:00 am Re: Telnet to BSDI still not working by Bill Warner on Jul 21, 1998 at 11:00:00 am Re: Telnet to BSDI still not working by Shawn Hogan on Jul 21, 1998 at 11:32:11 am Re: Telnet to BSDI still not working by Bill Warner on Jul 21, 1998 at 12:55:47 pm Re: Telnet to BSDI still not working by Shawn Hogan on Jul 21, 1998 at 1:12:14 pm Re: Telnet to BSDI still not working by Serge Pluess on Jul 21, 1998 at 1:49:10 pm Re: Telnet to BSDI still not working by Shawn Hogan on Jul 21, 1998 at 2:09:51 pm Re: Telnet to BSDI still not working by Jesse Trucks on Jul 21, 1998 at 2:30:23 pm Re: Telnet to BSDI still not working by Jesse Trucks on Jul 21, 1998 at 2:40:36 pm