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5250 Telnet Enhancements
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Network Working Group T. Murphy, Jr.
Request for Comments: 2877 P. Rieth
Category: Informational J. Stevens
Updates: 1205 IBM Corporation
July 2000
5250 Telnet Enhancements
Status of this Memo
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not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this
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Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2000). All Rights Reserved.
Abstract
This memo describes the interface to the IBM 5250 Telnet server that
allows client Telnet to request a Telnet terminal or printer session
using a specific device name. If a requested device name is not
available, a method to retry the request using a new device name is
described. Methods to request specific Telnet session settings and
auto-signon function are also described.
By allowing a Telnet client to select the device name, the 5250
Telnet server opens the door for applications to set and/or extract
useful information about the Telnet client. Some possibilities are
1) selecting a customized device name associated with a particular
user profile name for National Language Support or subsystem routing,
2) connecting PC and network printers as clients and 3) auto-signon
using clear-text or DES-encrypted password exchange.
Applications may need to use system API's on the AS/400 in order to
extract Telnet session settings from the device name description.
Refer to the Retrieve Device Description (QDCRDEVD) API described in
the AS/400 System API book [3] on how to extract information using
the DEVD0600 and DEVD1100 templates.
This memo describes how the IBM 5250 Telnet server supports Work
Station Function (WSF) printers using 5250 Display Station Pass-
Through. A response code is returned by the Telnet server to
indicate success or failure of the WSF printer session.
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