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echo: fido_util
to: LARS KELLOGG-STEDMAN
from: BEN RITCHEY
date: 2011-03-10 07:09:14
subject: Re: A packet format question

* An ongoing debate between Lars Kellogg-Stedman and All rages on ...

| LS> Suggesting that either the final message body is missing a NUL or the
| LS> end-of-packet marker is incorrect.  In your opinion: is this permitted
| LS> by FTS-0001?  This question is of mostly academic interest, since the

Yes and no, matter of interpretation. :) Mostly no as three null bytes are
usually used, though what else could a second null be, and why 3? {g}

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