This is an informational message which is only issued if the user has specified -D options in the /etc/inetd.conf file. This is issued during suboption negotiation. To be interoperable we need to determine if the VALUE and VAR values are reversed. If the first recognized character is a VAR or VALUE, then that will tell what type of client it is. If the first recognized character is a USERVAR, then we continue scanning the suboption looking for two consecutive VAR or VALUE fields. We should not get two consecutive VALUE fields. If a client has sent a well-formed option then the number of VALUEs received should always be less than or equal to the number of VARS and USERVARs received. If not then the client has reversed the definitions.