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On 29/03/2020 18.53, Grant Taylor wrote: > On 3/28/20 10:53 PM, Carlos E.R. wrote: >> I knew of separate networks that used Fidonet protocols and software, >> but not connected to it. But I did not know, in my country, of >> different protocols to form a BBS network … > > Agreed. > >> … except perhaps to connect a very small number of BBS, like two or >> three that had some areas in common. > > I suspect that type of thing happened a number of places on a very small > scale. There needs to be a good reason to not re-use FTN if both boards > support it. The only reason that I can think of is if one of the boards > does not support FTN and something else must be used between them. > >> Also I heard, this century, that Fidonet software was used and >> developed in Russia, at least for some years. > > I heard it described as Russians are the predominant remaining users of > FidoNet (proper) and / or FTNs. The subtext was that it's a > communications mechanism that survives that doesn't /depend/ on the > Internet. Since the Russians are the predominant users, they are the > logical place for most support to come from, ergo development. Yes. Maybe it is more resilient to eavesdropping, unless they hack one of the nodes. Maybe they have added cryptography to it :-? -- Cheers, Carlos.
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Re: Understanding Send-Q and Recv-Q by netstat navinpksh@gmail.com - 2020-03-26 01:18 -0700
Re: Understanding Send-Q and Recv-Q by netstat Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2020-03-26 11:41 +0000
Re: Understanding Send-Q and Recv-Q by netstat Tauno Voipio <tauno.voipio@notused.fi.invalid> - 2020-03-26 14:13 +0200
Re: Understanding Send-Q and Recv-Q by netstat "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2020-03-26 13:55 +0100
Re: Understanding Send-Q and Recv-Q by netstat navinpksh@gmail.com - 2020-03-26 07:05 -0700
Re: Understanding Send-Q and Recv-Q by netstat "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2020-03-26 22:05 +0100
Re: Understanding Send-Q and Recv-Q by netstat Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net> - 2020-03-26 15:59 -0600
Re: Understanding Send-Q and Recv-Q by netstat navinpksh@gmail.com - 2020-03-27 10:15 -0700
Re: Understanding Send-Q and Recv-Q by netstat Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net> - 2020-03-27 13:23 -0600
Re: Understanding Send-Q and Recv-Q by netstat Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net> - 2020-03-27 13:34 -0600
Re: Understanding Send-Q and Recv-Q by netstat "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2020-03-27 21:52 +0100
Re: Understanding Send-Q and Recv-Q by netstat Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net> - 2020-03-27 15:52 -0600
Re: Understanding Send-Q and Recv-Q by netstat "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2020-03-27 23:23 +0100
Re: Understanding Send-Q and Recv-Q by netstat Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net> - 2020-03-27 16:59 -0600
Re: Understanding Send-Q and Recv-Q by netstat Ted Heise <theise@panix.com> - 2020-03-28 12:44 +0000
Re: Understanding Send-Q and Recv-Q by netstat "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2020-03-28 22:24 +0100
Re: Understanding Send-Q and Recv-Q by netstat Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net> - 2020-03-28 15:43 -0600
Re: Understanding Send-Q and Recv-Q by netstat "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2020-03-29 06:53 +0200
Re: Understanding Send-Q and Recv-Q by netstat "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2020-03-29 01:28 -0400
Re: Understanding Send-Q and Recv-Q by netstat "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2020-03-29 15:13 +0200
Re: Understanding Send-Q and Recv-Q by netstat Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net> - 2020-03-29 10:53 -0600
Re: Understanding Send-Q and Recv-Q by netstat "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2020-03-30 23:00 +0200
Re: Understanding Send-Q and Recv-Q by netstat Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net> - 2020-03-30 18:46 -0600
Re: Understanding Send-Q and Recv-Q by netstat "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2020-04-01 05:52 +0200
Re: Understanding Send-Q and Recv-Q by netstat Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net> - 2020-04-01 10:03 -0600
Re: Understanding Send-Q and Recv-Q by netstat "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2020-04-01 22:25 +0200
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