Request For Comment (RFC 13 ) Zero Text Length EOF Message V. Cerf [ Aug-20-1969 ] (TXT = 1070 bytes)

 


 


 


 


 


 

Network Working Group                                          Vint Cerf
 

Request for Comments: 13                                       UCLA
 

                                                          20 August 1969
 


 


 


 


 

Referring to NWG/RFC: 11, it appears that file transmissions over
 

auxiliary connections will require some mechanism to specify "END-OF-
 

FILE."  It is proposed that a length 0 (zero) message be used for this
 

purpose.  Figure 1 shows the format:
 


 


 


 


 


 


 

|<---32 bits--->|<---32 bits--->|<----16 bits---->|<------?------>|
 

+---------------+---------------+-----------------+---------------+
 

|    leader     |    marking    |    checksum     |    padding    |
 

+---------------+---------------+-----------------+---------------+
 


 


 


 

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                      Zero Text Length EOF Message
 


 


 


 


 

       [ This RFC was put into machine readable form for entry ]
 

      [ into the online RFC archives by Michael Brunnbauer 1/97 ]
 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 

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