CCTC-WAD No. 7508
ARPANET RFC No. 725
NIC No. 38316
An RJE Protocol for a Resource Sharing Network
by
John Day
Gary R. Grossman
Prepared for the
Command and Control Technical Center
WWMCCS ADP Directorate
of the
Defense Communications Agency
Washington, D.C. 20305
under contract
DCAl00-76-C-0088
Center for Advanced Computation
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Urbana, Illinois 61801
March 1, 1977
Approved for Release - Peter A. Alsberg, Principal Investigator
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- For many users of the ARPANET, an RJE protocol is probably as important
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- in terms of utility as a TELNET (VTP) protocol. In fact, the facilities
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- provided by a TELNET and an RJE protocol are probably of most interest
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- to most users of computer networks. For these users, the net provides a
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- fast, cheap RJE surrogate, just as TELNET provides a telephone surrogate
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- for the timesharing user. The collection (and layers) of protocols that
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- provide these services must be organized to efficiently support a wide
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- variety of applications and user needs. They should not pose an undue
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- software burden on the user.
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- The "official" NETRJE protocol for the ARPANET has met an underwhelming
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- response from both the user and server community. I believe there are
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- two basic reasons. First, a large commitment of resources is necessary
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- to implement NETRJE. Second, the protocol creates serious security
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- problems.
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- In order to support the ARPA RJE protocol, a user must implement User
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- Telnet, Server FTP, and User RJE, while a server must implement Server
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- Telnet, User FTP, and Server RJE. In addition when an RJE session is
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- going on all three of these protocol implementations will be executing
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- for most of the life of the session. This could entail considerable
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- burden for some systems. Although it may not be out of line to require
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- a service to shoulder such burdens, it is out of line to require a user
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- to assume them in order to gain a rather basic service. Most user
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- installations are oriented toward meeting their user's needs not toward
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- implementing large amounts of network software. (In fact one of the
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- better aspects of the previous ARPANET protocol designs was that they
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- attempted to minimize the work for the user. (It must be admitted
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- though that compassion for the user was not the reason for this
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- approach.)
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- In order to support a "hot line printer" (i.e., a job is automatically
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- printed when it is completed), the user must store his user code and
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- password for the output host at the server host. This, of course,
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- presents a rather severe security problem. Although the ARPANET can not
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- be made totally secure without massive revision, there are some basic
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- precautions that can be taken to protect users from being victimized by
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- every first year Computer Science student with access to the net.
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- The RJE protocol proposed here tries to mitigate the implementation
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- problems and security problems. The protocol is designed to provide
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- three levels of service. A user or server has the perogative to
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- implement the protocol at whatever level their resources allow. The
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- service can then be upgraded to cleaner or more sophisticated approaches
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- when and if the opportunity arises.
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- This protocol is described in terms of the ARPANET. Several aspects of
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- the design (such as the reply structure) were made to coincide with
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- existing ARPANET conventions. This was done to facilitate understanding
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- and limit the discussion to the protocol itself. Although the protocol
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- is described in ARPANET terms, it should be applicable to other network
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- environments.
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- This paper is not considered to be complete in every detail. It was
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- written primarily to elicit comments from the network community and to
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- measure the desire of the community to adopt such a procedure. We have
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- tried to describe enough of the protocol so that the reader can get an
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- idea of how things are to work without getting bogged down in the detail
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- that would be necessary for implementation. Below is an outline of the
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- final protocol document as presently conceived. Sections marked with an
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- asterisk are to be provided later.
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- Introduction
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- Part I
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The NETRJE Models
- 1. Telnet (VTP) Model
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- 2. Telnet with Data Transfer Model
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- 3. Telnet with FTP Model
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Scenarios for the Models
- * Suggested Implementaton Schemes for Various Applications
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- Part II
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The Server RJE Commands
- * General Conventions
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Commands
Replies
Numerical List
Command-Reply List
- * Details of the Data Transfer
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- * Minimal Requirements for a User RJE
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- * Minimal Requirements for a Server RJE
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- * Glossary of Terms
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- Part I THE NETRJE MODELS
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- This section describes the proposed NETRJE protocol in a narrative form.
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- A formal definition will be included in Part II after review. The
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- narrative should provide the general reader with the flavor of the
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- protocol without getting bogged down in unnecessary detail. The
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- proposed NETRJE protocol provides three different models for job
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- submission and retrieval. The three models can be characterized as 1)
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- RJE using Telnet only, 2) RJE using Telnet and Data Transfer, and 3) RJE
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- using FTP. This approach provides flexibility for both implementors and
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- users. User and server sites constrained by manpower or machine
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- resources may implement only the simpler models. The user may use the
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- different models separately or in any consistent combination which best
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- suits his requirements and convenience. Servers should assume that the
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- minimal implementation of a more sophisticated model includes the
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- minimal implementations of all less sophisticated models. (There are,
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- however, certain minimal requirements that must be supported.) This
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- secton will discuss each of these models in turn, and show each one can
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- be used to provide a useful network RJE functon.
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- This protocol does not contain the security difficulties of the present
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- protocol. This has been avoided by requiring that the burden of
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- implementing the "hot line printer" or "hot card reader" be put on the
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- user system. Thus, those systems which desire such a facility may still
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- support it. The user implementaton will be slightly more complicated.
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- The trade-off is the increased security of the protocol.
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- End-to-end protocols are assumed to be available and to provide an
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- ordered, error free bit stream to the RJE protocol. It is also assumed
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- that a suitable virtual terminal protocol such as Telnet, is used to
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- format the control connection.
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- RJE Using Only Telnet (VTP)
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- The intent of this model is, bluntly, to provide an official "quick and
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- dirty" form of the protocol. Many organizatons, both users and servers,
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- are often confronted with problem of providing a service quickly or
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- within very tight budgetary constraints. This model is intended for
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- these situations. With this model, the user is required only to be able
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- to establish a Telnet connection via the RJE contact socket. Commands,
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- replies, and data are all sent over the Telnet connecton. Card input or
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- printer output has the appearance of coming from or going to the user's
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- terminal. The user's system may allow output to be diverted from the
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- terminal to another device such as the line printer. The technique of
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- diverting terminal output was used with great success in the MARK I ANTS
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- systems where various devices were not assigned socket numbers as in a
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- TIP. This technique is also useful for hosts that allow program access
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- to the network only through the user's Telnet connection. This
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- situation may exist in the early phases of a server's availability to
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- the network. When data is transferred in this mode an end-of-data
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- marker will be sent to aid the receiving host in determining when to
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- stop diverting the data. This model will have to handle the problems of
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- data traveling on a connection essentially meant for control. The use
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- of this data transfer mechanism is intended as an intermediate measure
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- required by limited resources. For now we let it stand that the
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- designers are aware of the problems inherent in embedding commands or
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- replies in the data stream. We will leave the exact resolution of the
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- problem to the formal definition.
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- This proposed NETRJE protocol uses a schedule verb, SCHED for job
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- submission. For this model, there are two forms of SCHED that are
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- relevant. First, there is the "SCHED <server pathname>" form. This
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- command indicates to the server that there exists at the server site a
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- file with all necessary job control information and data to define a
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- job. The server will then attempt to place the job in the job queue and
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- reply to the user indicating success or failure and possibly a job-id.
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- This job-id will be used when inquiring about the job status or
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- retrieving the job's output.
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- When the job finishes, the server will take one of two actions:
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a) if the user is still logged in, the server will send a reply
notifying the user of his job completion; or,
b) if the user is not logged in, the server will save the status of
the job which may later be interrogated via the STATUS command (see
below).
- The otherform of SCHED of relevance to this model has the syntax:
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SCHED INPUT <CRLF><data><CRLF>.<CFLF>
- This allows the user to sit down at a terminal and type his own job
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- control or possibly a program. It also allows those users whose local
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- systems provide a facility to transmit files with User TELNET to
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- transmit user input job fles in this way. The RJE Server would insert
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- the job into the local job stream, returning the proper indication of
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- success or failure along with identification of the job.
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- Just as the SCHED command provides several ways for job submission, the
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- OUTPUT command provides several options for retrieving output. The form
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OUTPUT<job-id><server pathname>DISCARD
- is sent to the server to initiate the output to the user's site
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- according to output specifications defined by previous OUTDEF commands
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- (see below). The optional DISCARD argument to the OUTPUT command
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- indicates, if present, that the file is to be destroyed after
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- transmission has completed successfully.
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- The OUTDEF command for a job may be sent at any time after the job has
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- been scheduled and before it is retrieved using the OUTPUT command.
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- This command will specify the parameters necessary to effect the
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- transfer of the output to the user or to define the disposition of the
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- output. We realize that the OUTDEF <job-id><server pathname> command
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- (indicating that output is to be placed in a file described by the
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- pathname) may be difficult for some systems to implement. These systems
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- would merely respond negatively indicating their inability to perform
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- the function.
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- A scenario is now in order to illustrate the model. The user has logged
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- in to Multics and is ready to submit an RJE job in the following way
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- (XXX will denote the as yet unspecified reply code for the reply):
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SCHED MY-JOB>TREK
- The system responds with a reply indicating the job has been submitted
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- successfully and returns a job-id, say XA1423.
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XXX JOB XA1423 was successfully submitted.
- At some later time a message appears.
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XXX JOB XA1423 has completed.
- The user or user process now sends OUTDEF XA1423 TELNET indicating that
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- the job should be sent on the TELNET connection. A reply returns
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XXX last command successful.
- The user now sends
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OUTPUT XA1423
- and the server replies with
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XXX Output ready. Type an empty line when ready.
- The user then sends an empty line when he is read to receive the output.
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- This exchange allows the user to effect output diversion at his local
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- site if necessary after he has confirmed the server is ready.
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- If the user had not wished to wait on his output and had logged off
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- after getting the successful submission, the next time the user logged
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- in he could inquire as to the status of the job or all jobs under his
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- usercode and then proceeded to output any or all of them.
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- RJE with TELNET and Data Transfer
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- The previous model provided a minimal implementation for NETRJE. This
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- model provides better data transfer facilities without requiring an FTP
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- implementation. This model requires no new commands, but does
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- manipulate connections differently, so that data is not required to flow
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- on the command connection (see Fig. 2). Data is sent on separate
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- default connections (unless otherwise specified) as in the CCN NETRJS
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- protocol. However, for this protocol the defaults used will be the same
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- offsets from the control connection as those in FTP.
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- The use of this model is indicated to the Server by either the INDEF
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- command or a SCHED command with no arguments. The INDEF command allows
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- the user to specify a socket other than the default socket as the source
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- of the input. On receipt of the SCHED or INDEF indicating this
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- technique is to be used, the Server will attempt to connect to the
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- appropriate socket. If a SCHED command was sent, the user protocol
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- interpreter could start sending cards as soon as the data connection is
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- established. (It is assumed that the user interface has indicated to
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- the RJE protocol interpreter where the cards are to come from.) If the
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- command was INDEF, then the Server will not start reading until the
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- SCHED is received. Similarly, when the output is ready, either an
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- OUTDEF or OUTPUT command is sent to set up and start the printing. The
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- INDEF and OUTDEF commands used with this mode will also allow moving
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- data to or from a TIP or printer.
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- This model requires definiton of actual data transfer formats for the
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- reader and printer lines. We propose that the formats and connection
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- schemes of the present FTP be adopted. This solution has the advantage
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- of not requiring extra coding efforts for users with FTP implementations
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- and may allow them to organize their FTP implementations and may allow
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- them to organize their FTP and NETRJE implementations in such a way as
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- to take advantage of common algorithms. One might easily confuse this
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- solution with a revival of the Data Transfer Protocol. Some thought on
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- a more rigorous definition of a Data Transfer Protocol for the common
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- use of FTP and RJE might be worthwhile in the future.
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- Let us consider a scenario.
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- The user wishes to submit a card deck to the Server. He then types
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SCHED<CRLF>
- The Server opens a connection to the user's default card reader socket
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- while sending a reply to the user on the control connection.
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XXX attempting connection to card reader.
- When the connection is opened, another reply:
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XXX transfer started
- and when completed:
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XXX JOB XA 1423 was successfully submitted.
- When the job completes and the completion message is sent to the user,
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- he may wish to send the output to his TIP printer on socket Y. He will
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- then type
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OUTDEF XA1423 255, Y (255 being his host address).
- The Server will then attempt to connect to the socket and will reply
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XXX printer connection successful.
- When the user has satisfied himself all is in readiness, he will type
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OUTPUT XA1423
- and the Server will start sending and reply to the user
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XXX print started.
- When the transfer is complete the Server will close the data connection
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- and send an appropriate reply.
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- NETRJE Using FTP
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- This model (illustrated in Fig. 3) uses FTP to effect the transfer of
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- the files. It may be easier for some systems to use this sort of model
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- for more sophisticated RJE systems. This is especially true if the
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- users desire to take input from the local file system or to send output
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- to the local file system rather than from an actual card reader or to an
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- actual line printer. Although using the local file system is not
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- prohibited by the Data Transfer model, it may be easier to approach
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- through FTP. Using FTP with NETRJE also allows the utilization of the
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- FTP server-server transfer mechanism to generate input from or direct
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- output to a third host.
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- The only new facility required by this model are the commands INPATH and
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- OUTPATH. When using FTP to transfer input to the Server, the user must
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- know where to send the job so that it enters the job stream. The INPATH
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- command returns as a reply such a legal pathname. Thus the scenario for
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- job submission is as follows: The user sends an INPATH command; the
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- Server responds with a legal Server pathname for the user. The user
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- process starts sending the input to the file using FTP. When transfer
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- is complete, the user sends a SCHED <server pathname> command. When the
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- job has finished, the pathname created for the user may or may not
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- destroy the input file. The OUTPATH command is similarily used to
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- identify the pathname for the output, so that it may be retrieved by
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- FTP. Some systems may define file names in such a way that the user may
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- derive them from the parameters of his job.
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- Note on Replies
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- In all of the above examples we have refrained from defining actual
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- reply codes. The intent is to use the same reply structure, and where
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- appropriate the same numbers, as described in RFC 640 "Revised FTP Reply
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- Codes".
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- Protocol Measurement
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- An integral part of any good protocol definition is a set of
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- measurements to allow evaluation of both the protocol and its
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- implementation. This provides two functions: 1) It allows the protocol
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- designer to evaluate the protocol and make improvements. 2) It allows
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- the user of the protocol to know how expensive it is and to demand
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- improvements. The proposed NETRJE protocol provides two sets of
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- measures - one for a particular session and one for overall performance.
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- These measurements may be elicited by the MEASURE command which will
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- take an argument with three values: JOB (job statistics and cost
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- measurements), SESSION (measurements taken for this sesson), and GLOBAL
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- (overall measurements of the performance of the protocol and its
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- implementation). The command will return the measurements in a fixed
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- format reply.
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- The measurements reported for a job are:
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- 1. CPU time,
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- 2. I/O operations,
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- 3. storage space time product,
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- 4. job cost in dollars,
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- 5. elapsed time the job waited before being executed, and
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- 6. elapsed time for the job to execute.
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- The measures taken from a sesson are:
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- 1. number of bits transferred,
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- 2. transmission rate of input or output transfers,
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- 3. the amount of CPU time, storage space-time product, and I/O
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operations for the session.
- 4. cost in dollars and cents.
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- The measures to be taken globally are:
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- 1. frequency of commands and possibly command forms,
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- 2. model frequency (which submission/retrieval model used),
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- 3. transmission mode frequency,
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- 4. total number of sessions,
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- 5. transmission rate: average, std. deviation, upper and lower
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bounds (also by transmission mode),
- 6. cpu time, storage space-time product, and I/O operations for both
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the protocol and jobs submitted: average, std. deviation, and upper
and lower bounds (overall as well as by model, transfer mode, and
file size). (The reason for including job statistics here is so that
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management and systems personnel have some indication how the
facility is being used.)
- It is clear that it may be difficult to acquire some measures (such as
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- transmission rate) when NETRJE is using FTP. This is unavoidable since
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- FTP is not metered. The most straightforward solution is also to meter
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- FTP (hint). For the final definition a close look will be given to the
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- subset that should be required. Comments are welcome. However, we
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- believe strongly that it is very important to know how a facility like
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- this is used as well as how well it performs.
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- Part II. Preliminary Definition of NETRJE Commands
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- For purposes of discussion this section gives a very preliminary
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- definition of the NETRJE commands and their replies. The intent is to
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- give a brief but not exhaustive definition of each command and its major
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- replies to give the flavor of the protocol. We do not do this to
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- discourage nit-picking by critics, since we may actually overlook the
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- obvious on occasion, but merely to expedite the writing of this paper.
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- The reply scheme will follow the model of the revised FTP reply codes
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- described in RFC 640.
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- Access Control
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USER <usercode>
PASS <password>
ACCT <account>
- These perform the normal functions to log the user into the system. The
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- replies to them are the standard ones in FTP. It was never clear why
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- "account" was not included in the old NETRJE. Presumably, if it's
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- necessary for an FTP or Telnet user, it will be necessary for an RJE
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- user.
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- REINIT
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- This command reinitializes the state of the NETRJE server process so
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- that it is ready for a new user. If the transfer of data is in progress
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- for the previous user, it will be allowed to complete.
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- ABORT
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- This command is used to abort the transfer of data. This command is
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- meaningful to the Server only if the data is being transferred over the
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- Telnet connection or the default data sockets. If FTP is being used,
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- the execution of this command is the responsibility of the USER NETRJE
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- process.
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- BYE
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- This command causes the Server to log out the user and close the Telnet
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- connection. If the transfer of data is in progress, the action of the
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- command will be delayed until the transfer is complete.
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- SCHED <input part><output part>
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- <input part>::= <empty>|<server pathname> [DISCARD]
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INPUT <CRLF> <text> <CRLF>.<CRLF>
- output part ::= <empty>|<server pathname>[DISCARD]
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- server pathname ::= {locally recognizable string of characters
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- terminated by an ASCII NULL}
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- This command causes the input described by the <input part> to be
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- entered into the RJE job stream and the output produced to be disposed
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- of according to the <output part>. The null condition for either
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- argument implies that the information has been previously specified or
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- is the default.
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- For the <input part>, the <empty> may imply two actions. If an INDEF
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- command has previously specified a <server pathname>, input to the job
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- stream is taken from the file indicated by the file name. If the INDEF
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- command has specified that the input is to come from a CCN-like data
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- transfer socket, the SCHED <empty> command is the signal for the Server
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- to start reading data.
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- The DISCARD modifier, if present, indicates that the file should be
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- discarded after it has been transmitted or it has been received and
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- executed. If the input stream is to be sent on the Telnet connection,
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- the source may be a local device or a human user. This facility is
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- provided for mini-hosts that can't use one of the other techniques and
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- for the user who wishes to enter job control directly at his terminal.
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- The empty for output specifies either the primary output file of the job
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- (the default) or a previously specified server pathname (OUTDEF
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- command).
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- Successful replies to this command should indicate any job-id assigned
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- by the local RJE system along with other status informaton. Failure
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- would be because files did not exist, access was denied, etc.
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- OUTPUT <output spec>
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- <output spec>::= <job-id><xmsn part>|<job-id><server pathname>
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- <xmsn part>::= <empty>| /<IO params>
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- <IO params>::= <xmsn params>, <dest>
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- This command indicates to the Server what output is to be sent to the
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- user, how it is to be sent, and to whom. The <IO params> part will
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- allow the specification of a host and socket so that output may be sent
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- to a TIP printer, or alternatively sent on the Telnet connection or to
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- the default data sockets. This argument also specifies the format and
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- representation of the data.
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- When the Server receives this command, it will proceed to transmit the
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- output to the host in the prescribed manner. The reply structure of
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- this command will depend on how the output is moved and will be
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- discussed in more detail later.
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- INPATH
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- This command returns to the user a legal pathname at the Server. The
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- user may then transfer his input to this pathname for eventual
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- submission to the RJE facility.
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- OUTPATH
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- This command performs a similar function to INPATH.
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- DISCARD <job-file-id> | <server pathname>
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- This allows the user to destroy input or output files associated with a
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- job.
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- INDEF <job-id><I/O params>
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- OUTDEF <job-id><I/O params>
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- These commands allow the user to specify the parameters necessary to
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- send input or retrieve output. This command specifies how the data will
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- be transferred and specifies format, etc.
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- CANCEL <job-id>
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- This command allows a job to be cancelled from the RJE job stream.
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- STATUS <status arg>
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- status arg ::= <empty>|<user id>|<job-id>|<job-id><blank><job-file-id>
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- This command allows the user to determine the status of the RJE session,
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- all jobs under his usercode, a specific job, or the output of a specific
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- job.
-
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- ALTER <job-id><site specific option>
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- SITE <site specific option>
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- These commands allow site specific commands to be passed to the Server
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- RJE system. The ALTER command is intended to effect specific jobs,
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- while the SITE command is used for commands of more global effect. They
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- could be merged into one.
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- OP <operator message>
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- This command allows messages to be sent to the operator at the Server
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- site.
-
- Reply Codes for the Proposed NETRJE
-
- -----------------------------------
-
- The reply codes for this protocol will follow the model proposed for the
-
- new FTP specificaton in RFC 640. As a reminder we insert the pertinent
-
- information from that RFC:
-
- There are five values for the first digit of the reply code:
-
- 1yz Positive Preliminary reply
-
The requested action is being initiated; expect another reply before
proceeding with a new command. (The user-process sending another
command before the completion reply would be in violation of
protocol; but server-FTP processes should queue any commands that
arrive while a preceding command is in progress.) For
implementations where simultaneous monitoring is difficult, this type
of reply can be used to indicate that the command was accepted and
the user-process may now pay attention to the data connections.
- 2yz Positive Completion reply
-
The requested action has been successfully completed. A new request
may be initiated.
- 3yz Positive Intermediate reply
-
The command has been accepted, but the requested action is being held
in abeyance, pending receipt of further information. The user should
send another command specifying this information. This reply is used
in command sequence groups.
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- 4yz Transient Negative Completion reply
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The command was not accepted and the requested action did not take
place, but the error condition is temporary and the action may be
requested again. The user should return to the beginning of the
command sequence, if any. It is difficult to assign a meaning to
"transient", particularly when two distinct sites (Server and
User-processes) have to agree on the interpretation. Each reply in
the 4yz category might have a slightly different time value, but the
intent is that the user-process is encouraged to try again. A rule
of thumb in determining if a reply fits into the 4yz or the 5yz
(Permanent Negative) category is that replies are 4yz if the commands
can be repeated without any change in command form or in properties
of the User or Server (e.g., the command is spelled the same with the
same arguments used, the user does not change his file access or user
name, the server does not put up a new implementation.)
- 5yz Permanent Negative Completion reply
-
The command was not accepted and the requested action did not take
place. The User-process is discouraged from repeating the exact
request (in the same sequence). Even some "permanent" error
conditions can be corrected, so the human user may want to direct his
User-process to reinitiate the command sequence by direct action at
some point in the future (e.g., after the spelling has been changed,
or the user has altered his directory status.)
- The following function groupings are encoded in the second digit:
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- x0z Syntax - These replies refer to syntax errors, syntactically
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- correct commands that don't fit any functional category, and
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- unimplemented or superfluous commands.
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- x1z Information - These are replies to requests for information,
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- such as status or help.
-
- x2z Connection - Replies referring to the Telnet and data
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- connections.
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- x3z Authentication and accounting - Replies for the logon process
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- and accountng procedures.
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- x4z Unspecified as yet.
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- x5z File system - These replies indicate the status of the Server
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- file system vis-a-vis the requested transfer or other file system
-
- action.
-
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- The third digit gives a finer gradation of meaning in each of the
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- function categories specified by the second digit. The list of replies
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- below will illustrate this. Note that the text associated with each
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- reply is suggestive, rather than mandatory, and may even change
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- according to the command with which it is associated. The reply codes,
-
- on the other hand, should strictly follow the specifications. That is,
-
- Server implementations should not invent new codes for situations that
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- are only slightly different from the ones described here, but rather
-
- should adapt codes already defined.
-
- Below is a list of replies ordered by reply code. Some new replies have
-
- been added for RJE; these are marked by asterisks to aid the reader.
-
- Following this list is a list of commands with the replies that are
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- possible for that command. This list is not considered complete or
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- final; as usual comments are welcomed.
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- 110 Restart marker reply,
-
In this case the text is exact and not left to the particular
implementation; it must read:
MARK yyyy = mmmm
where yyyy is user-process data stream marker, and mmmm is Server's
equivalent marker. (Note the spaces between the markers and "=".)
- 120 Service ready in nnn minutes
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- 125 Data connection already open; transfer starting
-
- 150 File status okay; about to open data connection
-
- 200 Command okay
-
- 202 Command not implemented, superfluous at this site
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- 211 System status, or system help reply
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- 212 Directory status
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- 213 File status
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- 214 Help message (on how to use the server or the meaning of a
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- particular non-standard command. This reply is useful only to the human
-
- user.)
-
- *215 RJE general status reply
-
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- *216 job status reply
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- *217 RJE user's jobs status reply
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- 220 Service ready for new user
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- 221 Service closing TELNET connecton (logged off if appropriate)
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- 225 Data connection open; no transfer in progress
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- 226 Closing data connection; requested file action successful (for
-
- example, file transfer or file abort.)
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- 227 Entering [passive, active] mode
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- 230 User logged in
-
- 250 Requested file action okay, completed
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- *260 Job <job-id> has completed
-
- *261 Output ready. Type an empty line when ready
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- *262 Job <job-id> IS ALLOCATED pathname
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- *263 Job <job-id> cancelled as requested
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- *264 Job <job-id> altered as requested to state status
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- 331 User name okay, need password
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- 332 Need account for login
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- 350 Requested file action held in abeyance, pending further information
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- 354 Start mail input; end with CRLF, CRLF
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- *360 Job <job-id> successfully submitted
-
- 421 Service not available, closing Telnet connecton. (This may be a
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- reply to any command if the service knows it must shut down.)
-
- 425 Can't open data connection
-
- 426 Connection trouble, closed; transfer aborted
-
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- 450 Requested file action not taken; file unavailable (e.g., file not
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- found, no access)
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- 451 Requested action aborted; local error in processing
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- 452 Requested action not taken: insufficient storage space in system
-
- 500 Syntax error, command unrecognized (This may include errors such as
-
- command line too long.)
-
- 501 Syntax error in parameters or arguments
-
- 502 Command not implemented
-
- 503 Bad sequence of commands
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- 504 Command not implemented for that parameter
-
- 530 Not logged in
-
- 532 Need account for storing files
-
- 550 Requested action not taken: file unavailable (e.g., file busy)
-
- 552 Requested file action aborted: exceeded storage allocation for
-
- current directory or dataset)
-
- 553 Requested action not taken: file name not allowed
-
- *563 Job <job-id> is not known to the system
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- *564 Requested alteration is not permitted for the specified job.
-
- Reply codes for RJE
-
USER
230
530
500, 501, 421
331, 332
PASS
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230
202
530
500, 501, 503, 421
332
ACCT
230
202
530
500, 501, 503, 421
BYE
221
500
REINIT
120
220
220
421
500, 502
ABORT
225, 226
500, 501, 502, 421
STATUS
211, 212, 213
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450
500, 501, 502, 421, 530
HELP
211, 214
500, 501, 502, 421
SOCK
200
500, 501, 421, 530
BYTE, MODE, TYPE, STRU
200
500, 501, 504, 421, 530
SCHED
360 JOB <job-id> successfully submitted
260 Job <job-id> has completed.
125 500
425, 426 501
226 504, 532
OUTPUT
261 Output ready. Type an empty line when ready.
125 Transfer started
226 500
425, 426 501
110
OUTDEF
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225 Data connection opened, no transfer in progress.
425 500
501
504
INDEF
225 500
425 501
504
INPATH/OUTPATH
262 JOB <job-id> IS ALLOCATED PATHNAME >
500 504
501
DISCARD
250 500 530
450 501
550 502
421
CANCEL
263 Job <job-id> Cancelled as requested
500 504
501
502
563 Job <job-id> is not known to the system
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564 Requested Alteration is not permitted for the specific
job.
STATUS
215 RJE general status reply
216 RJE job status reply
217 RJE user's jobs status reply
500, 501, 502, 504
ALTER
264 Job <job-id> altered as requested to state status
500, 501, 502, 504 563, 564
SITE
200
500, 501, 502, 504
OP
200
500, 501, 502, 504
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- References
-
- ----------
-
- Braden, R.
-
1971 "Interim NETRJS Specifications", RFC 189, NIC 7133.
- Bressler, R.; Guida, R.; and McKenzie, A.
-
1972 "Remote Job Entry Protocol", RFC 407
- Neigus, N.
-
1973 "The File Transfer Protocol", RFC 542.
- Neigus, N.; Pogran, K.; and Postel, J.
-
1974 "A New Schema for FTP Reply Codes", RFC 640.
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- Figures
-
- -------
-
+-----------+
! !
! user !
! RJE !
! interface !
! !
+-----------+ +--------+ Telnet Connection +--------+
! ! ! ! !
! ! user !------------------------->! server !
------------! RJE ! ! RJE !
! module !<-------------------------! module !
! ! ! !
+--------+ +--------+
all RJE commands, replies and data on telnet connection
RJE Using Only Telnet
Figure 1.
+-----------+
! user !
! RJE !
! interface !
+-----------+ +--------+ Telnet Connection +--------+
! ! user !--------------------------->! server !
------------! RJE ! RJE Commands and Replies ! RJE !
! module !<---------------------------! module !
+--------+ +--------+
! !
+--------+ +--------+
! data ! RJE Data ! data !
!transfer!----------------------------!transfer!
+--------+ +--------+
! !
User's Local File System Server's RJE System
Card Readers or Line Printers
RJE Using a Separate Data Connection
Figure 2.
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+-----------+
! user !
! RJE !
! interface !
+-----------+ +--------+ Telnet Connection +--------+
! ! user !--------------------------->! server !
------------! RJE ! RJE Commands and Replies ! RJE !
! module !<---------------------------! module !
+--------+ +--------+
! !
+--------+ Telnet Connection +--------+
! user !--------------------------->! server !
! FTP ! FTP Commands and Replies ! FTP !
! module !<---------------------------! module !
+--------+ +--------+
! !
+--------+ +--------+
! data ! RJE Data ! data !
!transfer!----------------------------!transfer!
+--------+ +--------+
! !
User's Local File System Server's File
System
Card Readers or Line Printers
RJE Using FTP
Figure 3.
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