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From: paul@vixie.UUCP (Paul Vixie Esq)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.mail.uucp
Subject: Re: Packet size & number of windows in UUCP
Message-ID: <788@vixie.UUCP>
Date: 24 Jan 88 20:26:27 GMT
References: <567@acornrc.UUCP> <13668@pyramid.pyramid.com>
Reply-To: paul@vixie.UUCP (Paul Vixie Esq)
Organization: Vixie Enterprises, San Francisco
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Keywords: UUCP, packets, windows, tweaks, performance

In article <13668@pyramid.pyramid.com> csg@pyramid.UUCP (Carl S. Gutekunst)
		  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^					writes:

You like to publicize that name, huh?  :-) :-)

>You *cannot* increase the packet size beyond its current limit of 64. Although
>the protocol supports packets up to 4096, no UUCP version in use to date has
>buffers to handle anything bigger than 64. So if you increase the packet size
>and buffer sizes on your end, you will core dump the uucico on the other end.

What if both sides have increased their buffer & packet sizes?  And why don't
the two cico's negotiate packet size in addition to window size -- i.e., use
the largest size that both sides can support?  Are we ready for 'h' protocol
(or whatever letter we're up to?) :-)

(Just discovered ca.unix today...)
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