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Re: how to connect UUCP nodes in the 21st century?

From cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross)
Newsgroups comp.mail.uucp
Subject Re: how to connect UUCP nodes in the 21st century?
Date 2025-02-11 12:27 +0000
Organization PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC
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References <slrnvqggf0.pi.eternal@esware.naleco.com> <vn0gc2$nbif$1@dwalin.uucp> <vn40jj$q76$1@tncsrv09.home.tnetconsulting.net> <173921308610.26577.4951890872054731139@media.vsta.org>

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In article <173921308610.26577.4951890872054731139@media.vsta.org>,
Andy Valencia  <vandys@vsta.org> wrote:
>eternal@notreally.com (Juancho) writes:
>> > I have used UUCP over SSH over IP a few times in the past.  SSH is used 
>> > as the transport for the UUCP character stream via STDIN & STDOUT.  It 
>> > doesn't involve any port forwarding.
>> What is the point of this? I mean, UUCP is/was used primarily for remote
>> login and to transfer files, which both are native functionalities of SSH.
>
>UUCP was primarily a store-and-forward, source routed file transfer
>mechanism.  Some files were metadata, saying what should be done with
>companion files--thus, email.  Drawing a blank on remote login?

Perhaps Juancho meant remote command execution,
a la uux?

	- Dan C.

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      Re: how to connect UUCP nodes in the 21st century? Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net> - 2025-02-09 17:03 -0600
        Re: how to connect UUCP nodes in the 21st century? Borax Man <rotflol2@hotmail.com> - 2025-04-25 14:28 +0000
    Re: how to connect UUCP nodes in the 21st century? Andy Valencia <vandys@vsta.org> - 2025-02-10 10:44 -0800
      Re: how to connect UUCP nodes in the 21st century? cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2025-02-11 12:27 +0000
        Re: how to connect UUCP nodes in the 21st century? Juancho <eternal@notreally.com> - 2025-02-11 18:45 +0100
          Re: how to connect UUCP nodes in the 21st century? cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2025-02-11 20:08 +0000
            Re: how to connect UUCP nodes in the 21st century? Juancho <eternal@notreally.com> - 2025-02-11 22:26 +0100
              Re: how to connect UUCP nodes in the 21st century? cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2025-02-11 23:00 +0000
          Re: how to connect UUCP nodes in the 21st century? Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net> - 2025-02-11 18:32 -0600
            Re: how to connect UUCP nodes in the 21st century? John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> - 2025-02-12 01:36 +0000

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