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From: vjs@rhyolite.SGI.COM (Vernon Schryver)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: Anybody implementing RFC 1078 (TCPMUX)?
Summary: isn't everybody?
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Date: 30 Mar 89 20:40:58 GMT
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In article <2759@rtech.rtech.com>, daveb@rtech.rtech.com (Dave Brower) writes:
> Is this RFC a bright idea or a dimming bulb?  Is anyone actively doing
> anything to implement services using it?  It would seem to solve some
> immediate problems, and I'd be tempted to write a *NIX server to sit on
> port 1 to do it.  But if no one is interested and it's a dead end, I'll
> think of something else.

Inetd(1m) on at least one workstation family will support it in a not
too future release.  The control file does not seem to fit in inetd.conf,
and so will be separate.  It would be nice if we could agree on a standard
file name.


Vernon Schryver
Silicon Graphics
vjs@sgi.com