Hello!

> This is due to a bad negotiation of the line mode between the server and the
> client. You need to start telnetd with -k option on the server side.

Thanx! I started telnetd with -k, and so far my tests did not get that
staircase effect again yet :-)

Merci
     Thorsten
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