Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!revell From: revell@uunet.UU.NET (James R Revell Jr) Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp Subject: Re: More routing question information Message-ID: <116623@uunet.UU.NET> Date: 31 Dec 90 23:01:45 GMT References: <1990Dec29.182422.8788@kithrup.COM> <1990Dec30.194331.16965@vmp.com> Reply-To: revell@uunet.uu.net (James R Revell Jr) Organization: UUNET Communications Services, Falls Church, VA Lines: 21 In article <1990Dec30.194331.16965@vmp.com> oc@vmp.com (Orlan Cannon) writes: } In article <1990Dec29.182422.8788@kithrup.COM> sef@kithrup.com (Sean Eric Fagan) writes: } Here we feed a copy of HOSTS.TXT (from nic.ddn.mil) into arpatxt } (supplied with the pathalias distribution) to create what we call } "d.Internet". When we run this plus the UUCP maps through pathalias, } the entry for kithrup becomes: } } kithrup uupsi!ucscc.ucsc.edu!kithrup!%s The problem is that you're now using the internet solely as a transmit medium. That is, neither source nor destination is on the internet. Strictly speaking, this is a internet no no. You might want to reconsider use of such routes. } I must admit that I'm surprised that UUNET doesn't route via the Internet. Don't be. We'd be setting ourselves up for a lot of trouble if we did. Violation of NSF regulations by a connected site is a good way to loose connected status. -- James Revell senior uunet postmaster /8^{~