The sender of this command REQUESTS that the receiver of
command begin negotiating, or confirms that the receiver of
command is expected to begin negotiating, TELNET options which
on the "Extended Options List".
IAC WILL
The sender of this command requestspermission to
negotiating, or confirms that it will begin negotiating,
options which are on the "Extended Options List".
IAC WON'T
The sender of this command REFUSES to negotiate, or to
negotiating, options on the "Extended Options List".
IAC DON'T
The sender of this command DEMANDS that the receiver conduct
further negotiation of options on the "Extended Options List".
Eventually, a 257th TELNET option will be needed. This option
extend the option list for another 256 options in a manner which
easy to implement. The option is proposed now, rather than
(probably much later), in order to reserve the option number (255).
The EXOPL option has five subcommand codes: WILL, WON'T, DO, DON'T
and SB. They have exactly the same meanings as the TELNET
with the same names, and are used in exactly the same way.
consistency, these subcommand codes will have the same values as
TELNET command codes (250-254). Thus, the format for negotiating specific option on the "Extended Options List" (once both
have agreed to use it) is