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Comment	> You are not understanding the protocol. What the text that you quoted > means is that the client cannot sent the octets of the literal (i.e. > the password) until the client receives the command continuation > response (+) it does not mean that we cannot send a octet count to > the server unsolicited. > > > > Further reading: > > 4.3. String > > > > A string is in one of two forms: either literal or quoted > > string. The literal form is the general form of string. The > > quoted string form is an alternative that avoids the overhead of > > processing a literal at the cost of limitations of characters > > which may be used. > > > > A literal is a sequence of zero or more octets (including CR and > > LF), prefix-quoted with an octet count in the form of an open > > brace ("{"), the number of octets, close brace ("}"), and CRLF. > > In the case of literals transmitted from server to client, the > > CRLF is immediately followed by the octet data. In the case of > > literals transmitted from client to server, the client MUST wait > > to receive a command continuation request (described later in > > this document) before sending the octet data (and the remainder > > of the command). > >
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