Subj : DC+ and MBSE
To : Benny Pedersen
From : mark lewis
Date : Fri Dec 04 2015 09:26 pm
04 Dec 15 18:48, you wrote to Alan Ianson:
BP>>> just a wish to see MBSE serve as a Direct Connect server and file
BP>>> storage
AI>> What is a Direct Connect server, and what does it do?
BP> i assumed too much that MBSE users know more then me on what DC+ is,
BP> sorry about that :=)
then you assume too much about FTN in toto...
AI>> You can connect directly to MBSE via telnet, IFC, ITN and Binkp. :)
BP> Direct Connect is P2P protocol, that means if i have huge files in
BP> fidonet it wont drain my own bandwidth to download it via P2P if MBSE
BP> supported DC+ protocol, i cant understand that in 2015 its still just
BP> using FTN without P2P support
of course it is... FTN does not (thankfully!) incorporate any P2P c4rp... if
you want P2P, then you aren't looking at FTN stuffs... maybe in the future if
someone developes a P2P protocol for FTN, documents it and makes it widely
available where other FTN systems pick it up and start using it...
frankly, i cannot see P2P being used for FTN message transfers ever... that
because each packet is specific to each individual system... if you want to try
to brainstorm something like this, the NET_DEV echo is available... be prepared
to post documentation on the operation and also develop and make availabe
binaries for testing... i won't even mention embedding this in an existing
mailer so that others can easily acquire and use the new method...
)\/(ark
"So let me ask you a question about this brave new world of yours. When you've
killed all the bad guys, and when it's all perfect, and just and fair, and when
you have finally got it exactly the way you want it, what are you going to do
with the people like you? The trouble makers. How are you going to protect your
glorious revolution from the next one?"
- The twelfth Doctor
... Ya.. But if it worked 1st time.. What fun would it be?
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