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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ncsa-telnet b/Documentation/networking/ncsa-telnet new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d77d28b --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/networking/ncsa-telnet @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +NCSA telnet doesn't work with path MTU discovery enabled. This is due to a +bug in NCSA that also stops it working with other modern networking code +such as Solaris. + +The following information is courtesy of +Marek <marekm@i17linuxb.ists.pwr.wroc.pl> + +There is a fixed version somewhere on ftp.upe.ac.za (sorry, I don't +remember the exact pathname, and this site is very slow from here). +It may or may not be faster for you to get it from +ftp://ftp.ists.pwr.wroc.pl/pub/msdos/telnet/ncsa_upe/tel23074.zip +(source is in v230704s.zip). I have tested it with 1.3.79 (with +path mtu discovery enabled - ncsa 2.3.08 didn't work) and it seems +to work. I don't know if anyone is working on this code - this +version is over a year old. Too bad - it's faster and often more +stable than these windoze telnets, and runs on almost anything... |
