5. Description of the option.
The normal mode does not allow random lossage; therefore the system is not allowed to crash, mung user files, etc. If the server wants to provide random lossage, it must first ask for permission from the user by sending IAC WILL RANDOMLY-LOSE. If the user wants to permit the server to randomly lose, it replys with IAC DO RANDOMLY-LOSE. Otherwise it sends IAC DONT RANDOMLY-LOSE, and the server is forbidden from randomly losing. Alternatively, the user could request the server to randomly lose, by sending IAC DO RANDOMLY-LOSE, and the server will either reply with IAC WILL RANDOMLY-LOSE, meaning that it will then proceed to do some random lossage (garbaging disk files is recommended for an initial implementation). Or, it could send IAC WONT RANDOMLY-LOSE, meaning that it insists upon being reliable. Since this is implemented as a TELNET option, it is expected that servers which do not implement this option will not randomly lose; ie, they will provide 100% reliable uptime.
