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Subject: Kermit, uucp, etc.
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Date: Fri, 3-Apr-87 13:46:33 EST
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The standard method to handle such a situation is to use a protocol
discriminator as the session begins.  That way, you satisfy the UUCP
installed base as well as the Kermit systems.  Although I have not
studied either protocol extensively, I believe I recall that both have
rather distinctive HAIL messages.

However, I would not recommend this since it is not very robust
(it would not handle a third or forth protocol introduced in the future).
I believe the best solution would be a modification to the L.sys
fields to indicate "protocol".

A third possibility is to approach AT&T for a solution since it
would be in their interests to proliferate the useage of UNIX for
its vertical market opportunities (I have always though they mispriced
the product, given the pull-through sales an operating system provides).

Rick McLean
Bell-Northern Research
Mountain View, CA
(amdahl | hplabs)!bnrmtv!mclean

Usual Disclaimer regarding whose oppinions these are.