Date: Fri, 19 Apr 1996 10:08:09 +0200 (MET DST) From: J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de> To: ache@astral.msk.su (=?KOI8-R?Q?=E1=CE=C4=D2=C5=CA_=FE=C5=D2=CE=CF=D7?=) Cc: nate@sri.MT.net, joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de, scrappy@freefall.freebsd.org, freebsd-bugs@freefall.freebsd.org, core@freebsd.org, muir@idiom.com Subject: Re: bin/1019 Message-ID: <199604190808.KAA05450@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <199604190626.KAA00368@astral.msk.su> from "=?KOI8-R?Q?=E1=CE=C4=D2=C5=CA_=FE=C5=D2=CE=CF=D7?=" at Apr 19, 96 10:26:43 am
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As =?KOI8-R?Q?=E1=CE=C4=D2=C5=CA_=FE=C5=D2=CE=CF=D7?= wrote: > > What happens if that modem isn't a dedicated modem, and can be used by > > non-PPP users? > > Then use PPP wchich understand login/password :-) > The problem with auto-detecting is line noise. It is possible that > some incoming junk looks like packet, detecting procedure must be > smart enough and detect several long packets in sequence to be shure, > not just one small packet. David, what do you think about reworking it? I think the summary of the opinions is: . no strong opposition against having this as an (optional) feature, . it must be safe to use however, i.e. the chance of a misdetection should be minimal. -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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