[TAG] Where to send more 2c TIPS?

[Ben Okopnik]

On Mon, Jul 19, 2004 at 04:31:28PM -0400, Jay R. Ashworth wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 17, 2004 at 09:40:50AM -0400, Ben Okopnik wrote:
> > You have to hit 'Enter', of course, in order to get the server to
> > respond to you; servers are pretty much _defined_ by the fact that they
> > don't initiate anything.
> 
> chargen.
> 
> daytime.
> 
> Actualaly, telnet to port 22 on a machine sometime.  :-)
 
Who initiates that handshake, Jay?

> Lots of servers say hi before you do.  But yes, expecting an HTTP
> server to send a page without being poked... not so much.

You're talking about response messages - but those come _way_ after the
initial connection is requested by the client.


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