[comp.protocols.tcp-ip] Telnet vs. X.29

andrewf@syacus.acus.oz (Andrew Friedman) (09/12/90)

jim@cs.strath.ac.uk (Jim Reid) writes:

[Lots of Good Stuff comparing CB and IP protocols deleted]
>... Don't forget that telnet is functionally
>superior to X.29: it offers more for roughly the same overheads.

Are you sure about this? I would have said it the other way around, but
I'll admit I don't know Telnet as well as X.29. What's the problem?
Have you seen RFC 1053 which proposes adding X.3 parameters into Telnet?

Andrew

Note: Original article appeared in uk.misc,eunet.followup also. I can't post
to these.