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From: gjm@ihnp4.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.flame,net.mail,net.news
Subject: Re: Fantastic Elastic Plastic USENET addresses
Message-ID: <483@ihnp4.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 1-Nov-83 15:27:55 EST
Article-I.D.: ihnp4.483
Posted: Tue Nov  1 15:27:55 1983
Date-Received: Sun, 6-Nov-83 03:46:46 EST
References: <137@dual.UUCP> <1795@gatech.UUCP>
Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, Il
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Steve Bellovin's pathalias program can take nearly any information into
account.  The problem with network paths is administrative as opposed to
technical.

(1) The form for the information maintained has to be standardized.
(2) Dedicated effort is required to keep local information up to date.
(3) A distribution mechanism is needed to make the information available
    to all administrators.

I've had some experience for a similar service to over 200 SA's
representing over 500 systems in AT&T and the old Bell System.  Anyone
willing to tackle 2 to 3 times that number across company, geographic,
and political boundaries has my best wishes.

On a matter of trivia, Gene Spafford says: (For example, sites like
ihnp4, allegra, and decvax connect to hundreds of sites for mail, but
they couldn't possibly handle news for even a tenth of their
connections.)

ihnp4 has over 80 netnews connections and advertizes over 600 mail
connections, so the number of news connections is greater than a tenth
of its (mail) connections.

Gary Murakami
Bell Labs - IH
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