Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!att!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!sun-barr!newstop!east!hinode!geoff From: geoff@hinode.East.Sun.COM (Geoff Arnold @ Sun BOS - R.H. coast near the top) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip Subject: Re: How to get an urgent message to an arbitrary system Message-ID: <682@east.East.Sun.COM> Date: 9 Aug 89 16:43:20 GMT References: <681@east.East.Sun.COM>Sender: news@east.East.Sun.COM Reply-To: geoff@hinode.East.Sun.COM (Geoff Arnold @ Sun BOS - R.H. coast near the top) Organization: Sun Microsystems, Billerica MA Lines: 22 In article schwartz@shire.cs.psu.edu (Scott Schwartz) writes: > >In article <681@east.East.Sun.COM> Geoff Arnold writes: >| However, a moment's thought >| reveals that the problem is bigger than just PC-NFS. Surprisingly, >| there is at present no simple ubiquitous message protocol to fulfil this >| function. > >| Comments? > >Zephyr, free from MIT, solves this one. >Scott Schwartz I'll go back and check this out - my memory is that it was still a bit more complex that I'd like to see. Anyway, is anyone working to get an RFC out and push for "recommended" or "required" status for the protocol? Geoff Arnold, Internet: geoff@East.Sun.COM PCDS Group, Sun Microsystems Inc. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Just think: If Unix had been developed in England, we'd all be using BCPL...