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From: dave@lsuc.UUCP
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Subject: Beware of blindly installing pathalias output
Message-ID: <1239@lsuc.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 6-Jun-86 13:00:02 EDT
Article-I.D.: lsuc.1239
Posted: Fri Jun  6 13:00:02 1986
Date-Received: Fri, 6-Jun-86 20:23:01 EDT
Reply-To: dave@lsuc.UUCP (David Sherman)
Organization: Law Society of Upper Canada, Toronto
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Pathalias output has always been only as good as the information
which is supplied through mod.map, but this month we're seeing
something new (to me, anyway). Due presumably to reliable X.25
links, the claimed preferred path from here to seismo is

utcs!utai!ubc-vision!munnari!prlb2!enea!seismo

that is,
  Toronto -> Vancouver -> Australia -> Belgium -> Sweden -> Arlington, VA

Now, something tells me that no matter how good the X.25 links are,
that isn't really the route I want to use.

Perhaps those in charge of the systems in question should reconsider
statements that given links are DEMAND or whatever. And in the meantime,
sysadmins may wish to review their pathalis output, if it's going
to be used by a program such as uupath.

Dave Sherman
The Law Society of Upper Canada
Toronto
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