echo/tcp

Description

Echo/tcp provides a port to which one can telnet to and receive an "echo." It is supposed to echo back every line of text that you type to it.

Protocol

Every line of text is echoed back to the sender when a carriage return is hit.

Notes

This should not be confused with RFC857 the telent ECHO feature.

Implementation

Usually this service is built into inetd Anyone know of code anywhere that is a standalone server? (Its not hard to write).

RFCs

RFC-862

Reference Person

Jon Postel postel@isi.edu