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        RFC 1647:

        Title:      TN3270 Enhancements
        Author:     B. Kelly
        Mailbox:    kellywh@mail.auburn.edu
        Pages:      34
        Characters: 84,420
        Updates/Obsoletes:  none


This document describes a protocol that more fully supports 3270
devices than do the existing tn3270 practices.  Specifically, it
defines a method of emulating both the terminal and printer members of
the 3270 family of devices via Telnet; it provides for the ability of
a Telnet client to request that it be assigned a specific device-name
(also referred to as "LU name" or "network name"); finally, it adds
support for a variety of functions such as the ATTN key, the SYSREQ
key, and SNA response handling.  This protocol would be negotiated and
implemented under a new Telnet Option and would be unrelated to the
Telnet 3270 Regime Option as defined in RFC 1041.  This RFC is a
product of the TN3270 Enhancements Working Group of the IETF.

This is now a Proposed Standard Protocol.

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Joyce K. Reynolds
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