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<front>
<title abbrev='Feature negotiation mechanism'>Feature negotiation mechanism for the File Transfer Protocol</title>
<author initials='P.' surname='Hethmon' fullname='Paul Hethmon'>
<organization>Hethmon Brothers</organization>
<address>
<postal>
<street>2305 Chukar Road</street>
<street>Knoxville</street>
<street>TN 37923</street>
<country>USA</country></postal>
<phone>+1 423 690 8990</phone>
<email>phethmon@hethmon.com</email></address></author>
<author initials='R.' surname='Elz' fullname='Robert Elz'>
<organization>University of Melbourne</organization>
<address>
<postal>
<street>Department of Computer Science</street>
<street>Parkville</street>
<street>Vic   3052</street>
<country>Australia</country></postal>
<email>kre@munnari.OZ.AU</email></address></author>
<date month='August' year='1998' />
<area>Applications</area>
<keyword>FTP</keyword>
<keyword>file transfer</keyword>
<keyword>file transfer protocol</keyword>
<abstract>
<t>
   The File Transfer Protocol is, from time to time, extended with new
   commands, or facilities.  Implementations of the FTP protocol cannot
   be assumed to all immediately implement all newly defined mechanisms.
   This document provides a mechanism by which clients of the FTP
   protocol can discover which new features are supported by a
   particular FTP server.
</t></abstract></front>

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