[TAG] Design of a Protocol Monkey

[Lew Pitcher]

Amit Kumar Saha wrote:
> Hi list
> Any insights into how i can go about designing a SMTP protocol monkey
> or any protocol monkey for that matter.

Sorry, but I don't know. This is the first time in my 30+ years in IT that 
I've ever heard of the term "protocol monkey". It is certainly not something 
in the mainstream, although it /might/ be an up-and-coming technology for 
all I know.

> What exactly does RFC 2975 (The Infinite Monkey Protocol Suite (IMPS)
> mean? Any simple *plain text* explanation?

It probably means that you've been had. RFC2975 is "Introduction to 
Accounting Management" (see ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc2975.txt), 
not "Infinite Monkey Protocol Suite".

Otoh, RFC2795 is "Infinite Monkey Protocol Suite", written by S. Christey of 
MonkeySeeDoo Inc, on April 1, 2000 (see 
ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc2795.txt). The date and author 
indicates that you have been the unwitting butt of a late April Fools joke.

HTH
-- 
Lew