[24736] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Large-datagram hop-by-hop delivery mechanism
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Edward S. Marshall)
Wed Aug 4 23:15:26 1999
Date: Wed, 4 Aug 1999 22:13:28 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Edward S. Marshall" <emarshal@logic.net>
To: "Mark R. Lindsey" <mark@vielle.datasys.net>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <199908041751.NAA17172@vielle.datasys.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
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>
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Edward S. Marshall <emarshal@logic.net> [ What goes up, must come down. ]
http://www.logic.net/~emarshal/ [ Ask any system administrator. ]
