diff -ru netkit-telnet-0.17.orig/telnet/main.c netkit-telnet-0.17/telnet/main.c

--- netkit-telnet-0.17.orig/telnet/main.c	2003-05-15 20:07:40.000000000 +0200

+++ netkit-telnet-0.17/telnet/main.c	2003-05-16 00:18:28.000000000 +0200

@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@

 	while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "78DEKLS:X:ab:cde:fFk:l:n:rt:x")) != -1) {

 		switch(ch) {

 		case '8':

-			eight = 3;	/* binary output and input */

+			binary = 3;	/* send TELNET BINARY option for output and input */

 			break;

 		case '7':

 			eight = 0;

@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@

 #endif

 			break;

 		case 'L':

-			eight |= 2;	/* binary output only */

+			binary = 2;	/* send TELNET BINARY option for output only */

 			break;

 		case 'S':

 		    {

diff -ru netkit-telnet-0.17.orig/telnet/telnet.1 netkit-telnet-0.17/telnet/telnet.1

--- netkit-telnet-0.17.orig/telnet/telnet.1	2003-05-15 20:07:40.000000000 +0200

+++ netkit-telnet-0.17/telnet/telnet.1	2003-05-15 23:38:37.000000000 +0200

@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@

 .Pp

 The options are as follows:

 .Bl -tag -width Ds

+.It Fl 7

+Strip 8th bit on input and output. Telnet is 8-bit clean by default but doesn't send the TELNET BINARY option unless forced.

 .It Fl 8

 Specifies an 8-bit data path.

 This causes an attempt to negotiate the