Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!linac!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!cernvax!chx400!cgch!whwb From: whwb@ciba-geigy.ch (Hans W. Barz) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip Subject: Re: LM/X and RFC1001 Message-ID: <1991Feb4.074656.13601@ciba-geigy.ch> Date: 4 Feb 91 07:46:56 GMT References: Sender: news@ciba-geigy.ch (USENET News Agent) Organization: Ciba-Geigy AG, Basel, Switzerland Lines: 18 Nntp-Posting-Host: cgchf1 Since we are interested in LM/X I tried to find out, who has really implemented the RFC1001 correctly. RFC1001 has some nice mechanism build in to avoid broadcast over internets. The interface on the 'otherwise broadcasting' client sends a request to the domain server instead. New servers announce their server capabilities to the domain server as well - this is kind of a new feature for DNS (interactive update from client). As a matter of fact no one seems to have implemented it. Only Ungermann/Bass seems to have plans to do it and they are also delivering an interface to LAN Manager. Has somebody more information on that ? Hans W. Barz, R.1045.3.34, CIBA-GEIGY, 4002 Basel, Switzerland Internet/uucp-Mail: whwb@CIBA-GEIGY.CH X.400: C=CH;A=ARCOM;P=CIBA-GEIGY;OU=CHCGBS30;S=BARZ;G=HANS;I=W phone: +41/61/6974520 fax: +41/61/6973288