[ih] remote login (was Re: First file transfer on ARPANET)

[Dave Crocker]

On 12/12/2012 5:37 AM, John Day wrote:
> I should point out that the ARPANET never did do a remote login
> protocol.  This is a fiction invented by sloppy textbook authors who
> don't check the original sources and frankly, don't seem to be that bright.


I assume that the distinction you are making is to require that the 
protocol itself include login semantics.  Yes?

If no, then what exactly do you mean?

And why didn't the rlogin protocol qualify:

    RFC 1282

    Connection Establishment

    Upon connection establishment, the client sends four null-terminated
    strings to the server.  The first is an empty string (i.e., it
    consists solely of a single zero byte), followed by three non-null
    strings: the client username, the server username, and the terminal
    type and speed.


d/

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  Dave Crocker
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