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- From: tjm@hrt213.brooks.af.mil (Tim Miller)
- Subject: Re: And on the subject of Internet bandwidth...
- In-Reply-To: mark@coombs.anu.edu.au's message of 23 Nov 92 05: 00:38 GMT
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- Sender: daemon@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu
- Organization: AL/HRTI, Brooks AFB
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- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 14:32:56 GMT
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- On 23 Nov 92 05:00:38 GMT, mark@coombs.anu.edu.au (Mark) said:
-
- M> Not necessarily. I read a while ago that the .mil net isnt exactly
- M> state of the art speed wise, and a lot of it is "slow" 56 K links
- M> from way back. I cant remember the exact reasons, something about
- M> reliability or similar but it would account for any largish ping
- M> times.
-
- Exactly. Getting out of milnet usually adds up to 2 seconds to
- any packet's time.
-
- In addition, MilNet policy is not to allow reverse resolution of
- IP addresses. The official position is that reverse resolution is
- "insecure." I maintain that being on a public *network* is more a
- security risk than reverse-resolving the darn names, but I don't make
- policy.
-
- M> Anyway if the guy likes #bondage let him be :) He wont mind next
- M> time he's captured and staked to the ground :)
-
- Actually, I use it to hone my interrogation techniques.
-
- -- Cerebus <tjm@hrt213.brooks.af.mil>
- "90% of my time on IRC is idle anyway; I use it like I use Gnus-- spare
- time waiting for things, and as a resource to solve problems with our
- machines."
-