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<chapter id="protocol">
<title>Frontend/Backend Protocol</title>
</VarListEntry>
</VariableList>
The message body consists of one or more identified fields,
- followed by a zero-byte terminator. Fields may appear in
+ followed by a zero byte as a terminator. Fields may appear in
any order. For each field there is the following:
<VariableList>
<VarListEntry>
</VarListEntry>
</VariableList>
The message body consists of one or more identified fields,
- followed by a zero-byte terminator. Fields may appear in
+ followed by a zero byte as a terminator. Fields may appear in
any order. For each field there is the following:
<VariableList>
<VarListEntry>
</VarListEntry>
</VariableList>
The protocol version number is followed by one or more pairs of
- parameter name and value strings. Parameters can appear in any
+ parameter name and value strings. A zero byte is required as a
+ terminator after the last name/value pair.
+ Parameters can appear in any
order. <literal>user</> is required, others are optional.
Each parameter is specified as:
<VariableList>