Re: Channel close logic, needs clarification?

[Markus Friedl <Markus.Friedl%informatik.uni-erlangen.de@localhost>]

On Wed, Mar 14, 2001 at 11:32:57AM +0200, Tatu Ylonen wrote:
> > On Sun, Mar 11, 2001 at 10:41:00PM +0200, Tatu Ylonen wrote:
> > > It is legal to send other messages, e.g. channel requests, after both
> > > sending and receing EOF.
> > 
> > Is it legal to send SSH_MSG_CHANNEL_EXTENDED_DATA after a EOF is
> > sent?  I asume that the EOF refers to both SSH_MSG_CHANNEL_DATA and
> > SSH_MSG_CHANNEL_EXTENDED_DATA.
> 
> I actually never thought about this.
> 
> I think it should be legal, since extended data is used for things like
> stderr.

Hm, so now I'm even more confused.  What does I say if I
send an EOF message on a channel?  Does it mean:

(1) I will not send SSH_MSG_CHANNEL_DATA in the future, or

(2) I will neither send SSH_MSG_CHANNEL_DATA nor
    SSH_MSG_CHANNEL_EXTENDED_DATA in the future.

-m