Interest in UUCP?

From: Douglas Quebbeman <dhquebbeman_at_theestopinalgroup.com>
Date: Thu Jun 14 08:03:14 2001

> At 08:30 AM 6/13/01 -0400, Douglas Quebbeman wrote:
> >> Since most vintage machines can't run TCP/IP but CAN run uucp, would
> >> there be any interest in a dialup uucp node for retrieving email, files,
etc
> >> specifically geared toward vintage machines?
> >
> >I've been thnking of this in a bit wider context.
> >With some of the changes happening on the Internet, it's
> >not quite as friendly as it used to be.
>
> You can still use the regular Internet as your transport
> and do away with the toll calls, can't you? A sledgehammer
> approach would be a VPN.

What I was referring to was how the the responsiveness of
a network connection has changed due to the proliferation
of supernodes like AOL. Supernodes become bottlenecks for
acecss to distant parts of the net.

Now, if I could route my own Internet traffic in a manner
comparable to the way phone phreaks could use a blue box
to route their calls, *that* would work very nicely.

Oh, and legally, without breaking any laws.

Regards,
-doug quebbeman
Received on Thu Jun 14 2001 - 08:03:14 BST