Subj : New Files Received
To : Markus Reschke
From : Alexey Vissarionov
Date : Mon Nov 13 2017 05:34 pm
Good ${greeting_time}, Markus!
13 Nov 2017 14:25:10, you wrote to me:
AV>> If you grep the nodelist for my name, you'd find two nodes - one
AV>> with Hub prefix, other with Pvt. The latter is mostly used for
AV>> Husky FTN software development (esp. hpt), so I know what does
AV>> "tosser gone mad" mean.
AV>> But: only I know that, not my links or anyone else, because my
AV>> hub system properly firewalls messages from such "untrusted"
AV>> link.
MR> My approach is similar and might be another idea for a FTS BCP.
I think it's too obvious for that... and not FTN-related (more generic).
MR> I've got VMs with FTS systems and a local OtherNet for testing.
That should be the first step when developing software.
However, I'm mostly brushing the existing code, so I need real messages
(published in real echoes by other people with different software) for
testing...
MR> That way I can test FTS software and also things like OS upgrades
MR> without causing too much trouble in the real world.
I use VPSes (containers) for that purpose: this also allows quick node
migration, once I'd need that.
AV>> This looks trivial when you read about it, but I really wonder why
AV>> all people around don't even think of that.
MR> Maybe they don't understand the purpose of a testlab? Basically
MR> there's no excuse for not doing that, since you get PCs for little
MR> money and VM solutions for free.
VMs (VDSes) seem to be the overkill for FTN software... unless you need to
perform tests on various proprietary systems, of course.
MR> And for marketing purposes you could call that a test cloud ;)
There's no such thing as a cloud - there are only computers you don't own (or
even control). And when someone tells you about clouds, they are very likely
creating the fog for whatever reasons :-)
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