RFC 946: Telnet terminal location number option
In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC
Many systems provide a mechanism for finding out where a user is logged in from usually including information about telephone extension and office occupants names. The information is useful for physically locating people and/or calling them on the phone. In 1982 CMU designed and implemented a terminal location database and modified existing network software to handle a 64-bit number called the Terminal Location Number (or TTYLOC). It now seems appropriate to incorporate this mechanism into the TCP-based network protocol family. The mechanism is not viewed as a replacement for the Terminal Location Telnet Option (SEND-LOCATION) but as a shorthand mechansim for communicating terminal location information between hosts in a localized community. This RFC proposes a new option for Telnet for the ARPA-Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements.
Document record
- Document ID
- RFC946
- Published
- May 1985
- Authors
- R. Nedved
- Status
- PROPOSED STANDARD
- Stream
- Legacy
- Area
- —
- Pages
- 4
- Also known as
- —
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