7 Appendix B: Product Behavior

The information in this specification is applicable to the following Microsoft products or supplemental software. References to product versions include updates to those products.

  • Windows XP operating system

  • Windows Server 2003 operating system

  • Windows Vista operating system

  • Windows Server 2008 operating system

  • Windows 7 operating system

  • Windows Server 2008 R2 operating system

  • Windows 8 operating system

  • Windows Server 2012 operating system

  • Windows 8.1 operating system

  • Windows Server 2012 R2 operating system

Exceptions, if any, are noted in this section. If an update version, service pack or Knowledge Base (KB) number appears with a product name, the behavior changed in that update. The new behavior also applies to subsequent updates unless otherwise specified. If a product edition appears with the product version, behavior is different in that product edition.

Unless otherwise specified, any statement of optional behavior in this specification that is prescribed using the terms "SHOULD" or "SHOULD NOT" implies product behavior in accordance with the SHOULD or SHOULD NOT prescription. Unless otherwise specified, the term "MAY" implies that the product does not follow the prescription.

<1> Section 3.1.4.1: The size of pszSessionData returned by Windows Telnet Server is more than what a client will expect based on the ABNF specification. A client must ignore characters that follow the part that can be interpreted based on the ABNF representation for pszSessionData. The additional data is spurious and has no meaning.

<2> Section 3.1.4.1: Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 set the ComputerName field to IPV4 address. Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 R2 set the ComputerName field to the IPV6 address of the client.

<3> Section 5.1: Windows telnet server enforces that the client provides identity that has administrative privileges in the server.