28 Aug
2001
28 Aug
'01
3:23 a.m.
|> From: Majdi S. Abbas [mailto:msa@samurai.sfo.dead-dog.com] |> Sent: Monday, August 27, 2001 11:38 PM |> |> On Mon, Aug 27, 2001 at 09:57:29PM -0700, Roeland Meyer wrote: |> > BTW, randy's position is rather strange, coming from |> someone that used to |> > support the FidoNet community, by being the FTSC chair. |> |> Correct me if I'm wrong, since it's been a few years, |> but FidoNet address aggregate quite nicely, don't they? Yes, but the packets were rather large (messages) and they did per-hop routing. Some nets practiced heavy redundant links (Colorado Springs), depending on the dup-killer to strain out the cruft. Least-cost routing takes on a whole new meaning there.