Originally, I believe it was. (Edit: Confirmed by RFC 742.)
FTP, on the other hand, used 7-bit ASCII mode by default; Using 8-bit mode would normally require multiple request-response round trips. (There were eventually servers that defaulted to 8-bit, but they were atypical and arrived later.)
Sure, sure, but is finger 8-bit-safe?
'Cause if you have to uuencode it, that’s a whole mess.
Originally, I believe it was. (Edit: Confirmed by RFC 742.)
FTP, on the other hand, used 7-bit ASCII mode by default; Using 8-bit mode would normally require multiple request-response round trips. (There were eventually servers that defaulted to 8-bit, but they were atypical and arrived later.)