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From: dw@rocksvax.UUCP (Don Wegeng)
Newsgroups: net.news,net.mail
Subject: Re: I am for splitting up the UUCP domain.
Message-ID: <1033@rocksvax.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 12-Mar-85 08:31:25 EST
Article-I.D.: rocksvax.1033
Posted: Tue Mar 12 08:31:25 1985
Date-Received: Wed, 13-Mar-85 00:46:31 EST
References: <1184@ukma.UUCP> <467@down.FUN> <634@plus5.UUCP>
Reply-To: dw@rocksvax.UUCP (Don Wegeng)
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Summary: 

In article <634@plus5.UUCP> hokey@plus5.UUCP (Hokey) writes:
>...I can't
>understand why the people in charge of the mapping project (Mark and
>Karen, at the top of the administrative heap, I believe) didn't run
>the maps through pathalias *before* posting the maps!  The whole purpose
>of this second posting was to provide something cleaner than the first
>posting.

The most optimal path to a site from all other sites is not unique.  It
will be different for every site.  The uucp mapping project could not
possibly generate a pathalias map for every site on the net.  My current
list contains over 3000 sites!

Another thing to consider is that the network topology is in a constant
state of flux; the path that is best today may not even work tomorrow.
In order to maintain an accurate database of paths each site has to
generate their own database, and update it at frequent intervals.

/Don

-- 

"Beware the Ides of March..."

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