Re: WebAddress resolutions

In message <003901c142b2$63e04aa0$010a@Thor>, Thor Harald Johansen typed: >>If I'm not completely mistaken, this is good old fashion bull. It's a joke. correct - i guess i should have put a :-) for the clueless note that given most names are of the form foo.com and are issued by a small n

Re: WebAddress resolutions

In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, USELESS SSELES U typed: >> Am wondering how and where the >>webaddress mappings taking place? Meaning if I type >>www.xyz.com in a browser and (say) this xyz.com is >>running on 212.34.54.89, then does my Internet Service >>Provider lookup every

Re: MPLS,IETF, etc..

a node might be simpler but the system composed of a graph of suvch nodes more complex - you (as switch or router vendors) might get to make your h/w or s/w simpler at the level of forwarding, bu the overal syusytem that manages routes and traffic might be less simple and (therefore) more failur

Re: Routing at the IETF...

In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, mark.paton@btinterne t.com typed: >>Seems that BT cannot get it right any time! >>Maybe someone should offer them some consultancy to help fix their problems!! ok. sure - ask any of the UCL CS volunteers :-) >>> traceroute to www.bt.com at 2045 hrs (BST)

type/length/value based e-mail list filters

once upon a time, in a far off corner of a small field in north london, a small CS department developed a cute x.400 mail system, that incorporated relaying between most extant e-mail protocol channels (smtp, uucp, grey book etc) and accomodated translation of multimedia content including other

Re: Protocol Layering

>>Layering ought not to be religion, but appropriate layering >>is a good design philosophy, and strict layering may help stave >>off entropy death of the Internet protocols. Which, judging by >>the announcements of new Internet Drafts, may not be far off. its an interesting thing is that t

alt.ietf for london

see http://www-mice.cs.ucl.ac.uk/ietf/ for our alternative guide to london for ietfers now has added links on the Proms and on telephone wiring cheers jon

Re: networksorcery.com spam

is the database of rfc authors declared under the Data Protection Act in the UK, with the reasons and uses? if not, i am afraid this is illegal. if you visit the IETF in london, you might be in for a surprise otherwise, fine and good luck and it seems like a sensible service... In message <0c5

Re: [Hist Trivia] IP Protocol Layers

promising approach to modelling them... In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Mahadevan Iyer typed: >> >> >>Jon Crowcroft wrote: >> >>> In message <v04220802b77bde136984@[10.83.97.216]>, Steve Deering typed: >>> >>> >>We used to us

Re: [Hist Trivia] IP Protocol Layers

In message , Steve Deering typed: >>We used to use "gateway" instead of "router" (and a few still do), and i lik the fact that if you type getaway by mistake you get what people are trying to do when they are routed ... i also like the fact that MOST fanc