[OpenISO] TELNET

[Std Lib0]

On 9/8/07, Tonnerre LOMBARD <tonnerre at ffii.org> wrote:
>
> Salut,
>
> On Sat, Sep 08, 2007 at 08:04:32PM +0200, Norbert Bollow wrote:
> > I think we can approve RFC 854 with a rating of "Recommended in some
> > contexts" unless further concerns are raised.
>
> That about hits the point. I am in favor of this proposal.


Hi,

In the initial draft, I was assuming rating telnet not in specific contexts,
but as suitable or not suitable to be used nowadays 'as-is', in any context
on the Internet, as the original standard does not say anything about using
transport/network layers to provide secrecy, etc, only that it should be
used on the Internet:
> Hosts on the ARPA Internet are expected to adopt and implement this
standard.
http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc854.html .

I'm only trying to find out if it doesn't make more sense to assess the
standard using a generalized context, without assuming anything that is not
in the standard. Is it useful to recommend a standard for use in specific
contexts without specifying these contexts?  and, in case we specify them,
shouldn't this be the work of the standard?

[]s,
stdlib0
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