Re: sftp draft clarification

[nisse%lysator.liu.se@localhost (Niels Möller)]

Darren Moffat <Darren.Moffat%eng.sun.com@localhost> writes:

> Maybe the protocol needs a packet size negotiation step, otherwise
> it is going to be very hard for clients and servers that want to have
> larger packets to be able to make the correct assumptions about what is
> going on.

I don't think any real negotiation is needed. If large packets are
important, we should just invent an extension, and let the server send
the extension and its max packet size (or "unlimited") with its
SSH_FXP_VERSION packet.

/Niels