Subj : Unix point?
To : Tim Schattkowsky
From : mark lewis
Date : Fri Jan 14 2022 11:07 am
On 2022 Jan 14 15:13:50, you wrote to me:
ml>> have you looked at any of the other PKT and packed message formats?
ml>> have you implemented any of them and gotten other developers to also
ml>> implement them? that's what it takes to get things changed, ya
ml>> know...
TS> Foremost, he should try to fix things that are actually broken. CHRS
TS> and TZUTC are not (although CHRS is slightly overengineered, but does
TS> the job).
agreed... to a point :)
TS> For Fido, I see other problems like privacy/security and even message
TS> length where the existing technology really is not state of the art.
FWIW: message bodies are unbounded in FTN specs... any limitations seen are placed there by the devs of those particular tools that exhibit message length problems...
from FTS-0001...
1. Application Layer Data Definition : a Stored Message
Stored Message
Offset
dec hex
.-----------------------------------------------.
[...]
+-----------------------+-----------------------+
190 BE | text |
~ unbounded ~
| null terminated |
`-----------------------------------------------'
[...]
1. Presentation Layer Data Definition : the Packed Message
"The soul of a small kitten in the body of a mighty dragon. Look on my majesty, ye mighty, and despair! Or bring me catnip. Your choice. Oooh, a shiny thing!"
... When you're the devil, women instantly suspect your motives. -Satan
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