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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Large-datagram hop-by-hop delivery mechanism
On Wed, 4 Aug 1999, Mark R. Lindsey wrote: > I am seeking a mechanism for reliable delivery of large blobs through a > network of occasionally-connected hosts that can forward the blobs using > available transport protocols. UUCP. It does exactly what you just described. If you want to run over an existing IP network, use UUCP-over-TCP. <DIV mode=digression> You know, five years ago, we wouldn't have given a moment's thought to this problem, since the solving technology was so blatantly obvious. Have things really changed -that- much? </DIV> -- Edward S. Marshall <[email protected]> [ What goes up, must come down. ] http://www.logic.net/~emarshal/ [ Ask any system administrator. ]
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