I'm sure it would be a good testbed for multicast protocols or some
sort of lightweight transaction scheme.
[cross-posted to comp.protocols.tcp-ip, cause I'm not interested in
single system solutions.]
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Edward Vielmetti, U of Michigan Computing Center mail group
I have recently got ahold of a program called irc (Internet Relay Chat)
Each machine runs its own server and the servers are link in a tree fashion
to a master server. I've only messed with it a little, but it appears
to be a good program. I got it through anonymous ftp to 128.214.5.6
(tolsun.oulu.fi) and have asked the author about release to the USENET.
We currently have a small network of 5 machines, 2 at OSU and 3 at DU,
with orion.cair.du.edu as the master server. If you get this program,
you should try connecting to this network.
Hope this helps.
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Todd Ferguson
UUCP: {tektronix,hp-pcd}!orstcs!jacobs.cs.orst.edu!melvin
INTERNET: mel...@jacobs.CS.ORST.EDU
Disclaimer: Uh?? What???
I'm designing one of these. It actually works but it's not in alpha test
yet. State of the art? Hope so...
Can someone point me at what a multicast protocol is? If it's in an RFC,
can you tell me a site where I can grab it with FTP?
Sean
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*** Sean Casey se...@ms.uky.edu, se...@ukma.bitnet
*** Who sometimes never learns. {backbone site|rutgers|uunet}!ukma!sean
*** U of K, Lexington Kentucky, USA ..where Christian movies are banned.
*** ``Fate? I thought you said Freight.''
I belive RFC 1054 is the document you want. You can ftp it from SRI-NIC.ARPA
(login: anonymous, password: guest, filename: RFC:RFC1054.TXT). If it's
more convenient you can get the RFC via electronic mail by sending a message
to SER...@SRI-NIC.ARPA with the words RFC 1054 in the subject line.
-Sol
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1054 Deering, S.E. Host extensions for IP multicasting. 1988 May; 19 p.
(45465 bytes) (Obsoletes RFC 988)
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