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From: rbj@icst-cmr.arpa (root)
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Subject: Re:  A change to /etc/gettable 4.2bsd
Message-ID: <367@brl-smoke.ARPA>
Date: Mon, 28-Apr-86 16:49:57 EDT
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> 	Recently I recieved several complaints from the adminstrator at the NIC
> in regards to too many ftp connections retreiving the host table . To help in 
> cutting down the number of times I pulled over a "new" host table , I modified
> the sources to /etc/gettable to allow a command to be sent to the "nicname" 
> server. The following commands are allowed. 

Why doesn't the NIC just post new host tables to net.sources?

	(Root Boy) Jim Cottrell		<rbj@cmr>
	"One man gathers what another man spills"