5 Aug
1999
5 Aug
'99
3:13 a.m.
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 <emarshal@logic.net> [ What goes up, must come down. ] http://www.logic.net/~emarshal/ [ Ask any system administrator. ]