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From: wls@astrovax.UUCP (William L. Sebok)
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Subject: Re: Re: optimized network paths for news 2.10.2
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Date: Tue, 20-Nov-84 22:20:54 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov 20 22:20:54 1984
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Organization: Princeton Univ. Astrophysics
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> > >I have a smart mailer but don't trust it unless I can see
> > >what it is doing.
> > >Bill Sebok			Princeton University, Astrophysics
> > 
> > 	If you don't trust some servant, there may be two reasons: either
> > 	he is stupid and may do things the wrong way, or he is disloyal.
> > 	If you don't trust a *smart* mailer, then it must be disloyal.
> > 	Servants tend to turn disloyal by being mistreated by their masters.

> > 	{seismo|decvax|philabs}!mcvax!vu44!botter!klipper!biep
 
> This raises a question for Bill:  Is the path you are objecting to
> unworkable or non-optimal?  If the former, we all have a problem.  If
> the latter, perhaps we are defining the current state of the art.
> 				Jeff Hull 		jhull@spp2.UUCP

Both, but the unworkable paths are the main problems.  I strongly object
to the routing being taken completely out of my hands, so that I can't
work around a problem route even if I know that there is a problem.  As
it takes at least 20 minutes to recompile the routing tables (usually more on
this heavily loaded system) it is usually impractical to fix the route that
way at right that instant.  Someone who isn't site administrator doesn't even
have that recourse.
-- 
Bill Sebok			Princeton University, Astrophysics
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