Newb: Telnet 'cooked data','EOF' queries

[glen]

> > Could someone explain what "cooked data" is.
> discussed in the telnet RFC, which is in RFC854 telnetlib docstring.
> "Cooked" data is data after these special sequences are removed.
>
>>'when' is an EOF received.
> the only EOF in telnet is when the other side closes the socket.

Thanks, thats got me started.