Date: Fri, 30 Jun 1995 18:13:26 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: tom@sdf.com (Tom Samplonius) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, nc@ai.net, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Load Balancing/Sharing w/ FreeBSD Message-ID: <199506300843.SAA24679@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.950629190109.15174B-100000@misery.sdf.com> from "Tom Samplonius" at Jun 29, 95 07:05:16 pm
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Tom Samplonius stands accused of saying: > > - Not using a modem server in the original scenario is Just Plain Stupid; > > if you have a set of servers that are likely to be so loaded > > that you don't want logins to them, putting modems on them is a > > Really Bad Idea. > > I was refering to telnet/rlogin access from other hosts. I would > hardly call that "Stupid". IIRC, the "original scenario" involved dialin lines; hence the qualification. One could, triviallly, use a telnet server in the same situation. It's suboptimal, but allows things to work without modifying any remote clients. > Tom -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] My car has "demand start" - Terry Lambert [[
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