Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 09:50:31 +1200 From: C.R.Harding@massey.ac.nz To: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: security hole in FreeBSD Message-ID: <199707302202.PAA07250@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.HPP.3.96.970730081741.28118A-100000@popeye.cs.iastate.edu> References: <3.0.32.19970730223202.0070ef8c@student.anu.edu.au>
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Guy Helmer wrote:
> It was a nice surprise six years ago when I provisioned a 56Kb
> digital circuit from USWest and its monthly cost was 1/3 of the
> monthly cost of the 9600-baud analog leased line it replaced. I
> wouldn't be too surprised if that 56Kb line has now been replaced by
> a higher-speed frame relay circuit for not much more money...
Must be nice to live in the US! :-) Remember the Internet !=
Domestic US and In some parts of the world data lines are still very
expensive. Dialup continues to have it's place, and over a dialup
link UUCP is the most efficient method of transfer for bulk news &
mail.
-- C.
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Craig Harding Acting Director, Massey University Television Production Centre
"I don't know about God, I just think we're handmade" - Polly
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