Date: Mon, 11 Aug 1997 14:07:32 +0200 (CEST) From: Eivind Eklund <perhaps@yes.no> To: joelh@gnu.ai.mit.edu Cc: perhaps@yes.no, adrian@obiwan.psinet.net.au, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: uunet vs. internet Message-ID: <199708111207.OAA09531@bitbox.follo.net> In-Reply-To: Joel Ray Holveck's message of Mon, 11 Aug 1997 00:48:01 -0400 References: <199708101208.OAA04516@bitbox.follo.net> <199708110448.AAA06504@ethanol.gnu.ai.mit.edu>
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> > > > > I was actually tossing up whether to setup an IPv6 tunnel network between > > > local Perth ISPs, then linking the "network" to somewhere in the eastern > > > states. Anyone else on here game? Even an IPIP tunnel with our own network > > > would be really funky. > > Any reason to go for these instead of PPP over TCP/IP, which we > > already have support for? PPP over TCP over SSH, and you have a VPN > > there and then. (Well, perhaps you'd want to add name-resolving...) > > Sorry, what's VPN? Virtual Private Network - a network running through tunnels over the Internet, but not publically accessible; ie, the users are authenticated before they get access. > But what separate Usenet? A private one that is being booted presently; more info will be available if the effort turns out to actually escalate enough to be reasonable to inform about (and the authentication problem is properly solved) Eivind.
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