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From: grr@cbmvax.UUCP
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Subject: Re: another reason not to route uucp ! format paths
Message-ID: <1300@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 26-Jan-87 12:11:02 EST
Article-I.D.: cbmvax.1300
Posted: Mon Jan 26 12:11:02 1987
Date-Received: Tue, 27-Jan-87 03:45:55 EST
References: <14396@amdcad.UUCP> <613@cdx39.UUCP> <2576@phri.UUCP> <14481@amdcad.UUCP>
Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <14481@amdcad.UUCP> phil@amdcad.UUCP (Phil Ngai) writes:
>
>I forgot one more reason autorouting uucp ! format paths is bad:
>
>Such addresses are path relative. That is, decwrl!amdcad!neptune is
>different from ihnp4!neptune. ATT has a machine named neptune, AMD has
>a (different) machine named neptune, not advertised to the world. If
>some "smart" machine decided to do us a "favor" and change
>decwrl!amdcad!neptune to ihnp4!neptune, the mail would end up going to
>the wrong place.
>
>I realize having non-unique uucp node names is a problem and
>everything should be domainized but there ARE duplicates and
>autorouting uucp ! format addresses is a good way to mess things up,
>with little benefit.

True, but this already a fatal problem in the real world.  There are
unmarked anti-social routers out there that are diverting any external
mail to your neptune to the other...

These people think that they are doing you/themselves a favor...
-- 
George Robbins - now working for,	uucp: {ihnp4|seismo|rutgers}!cbmvax!grr
but no way officially representing	arpa: cbmvax!grr@seismo.css.GOV
Commodore, Engineering Department	fone: 215-431-9255 (only by moonlite)