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From: emv@mailrus.cc.umich.edu (Edward Vielmetti)
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Subject: how many "pluto"'s are there on the net?
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Date: 2 Oct 88 02:45:48 GMT
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(debugging paths is a pain.)

There's a bug in the d.usa.fl.1 map entry of ucf-cs w/regard to the
domain description of UCF.EDU.  It causes some of my paths to
Florida to bounce through New York City.  In particular,

ucf-cs	mailrus!rutgers!cmcl2!phri!pluto!ucf-cs

The problem is that "pluto.ucf.edu" in the ucf-cs map
collides with a 1987 map for "pluto" in u.usa.ny.3.
The ucf "pluto" is apparently on a local network with
"ucf-cs", hence the confusion.

An interesting exercise would be to send mail to 
rutgers!pluto!postmaster and see which is the
"real" machine.  Since I don't know which map
coordinators are involved in this it was easiest
to post.

There's yet another pluto in the map entry of "mscunx"
in u.usa.mn.1, I suspect it's even different from the
other two.

(I submit that active rerouting is bad for everyone
on the net except rutgers, and only since rutgers controls
the maps.)