dtynan@sultra.UUCP (Der Tynan) (11/17/88)
Hi. I'm trying to make a list of the available UUCP protocols. If at all
possible, I'd like to keep a central list of these things, so that if
people want to create a new protocol (for gnuucp, UUPC or whatever), they
can contact me for a letter allocation. The only ones I'm familiar with
are as follows;
'f' - X.25 PAD protocol. Source available.
'g' - Packet protocol.
'x' - ?simple protocol.
I know there are others, but I don't know what they are, or what their
advantages are. If you could also tell me if the protocol driver source-
code is in the public domain, it would be a great help. Thanks.
- Der
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In article <2656@sultra.UUCP>, dtynan@sultra.UUCP (Der Tynan) writes: > I'm trying to make a list of the available UUCP protocols. > [...] The only ones I'm familiar with > are as follows; > 'f' - X.25 PAD protocol. Source available. > 'g' - Packet protocol. > 'x' - ?simple protocol. I think 'x' was a special purpose protocol to be used for X.25. It isn't included in System V.3 anymore, so I think we could mark it as allocated but extinct. I'll add: 't' written by Rick Adams, primarily used in the BSD/TCP-IP world, but could be used for any error-free channel which provides it's own flow control. 'e' Similar to 't', written about the same time by the HDB/BNU people (you know who you are). 'k' similar to 'f' for 7-bit in-band flow control channels included with PCMAIL which was posted to comp.sources.misc recently. I believe somebody is working on 'z' for zmodem. Is it time to start a comp.protocols.uucp newsgroup? -- Dave Arnold (dave@arnold.UUCP) Work: Volt Delta Resources Phone: (714) 921-7635 Home: 26561 Fresno street, Mission Viejo, Ca 92691
pozar@hoptoad.uucp (Tim Pozar) (11/18/88)
dtynan@sultra.UUCP (Der Tynan) wrote: > Hi. I'm trying to make a list of the available UUCP protocols. If at all > possible, I'd like to keep a central list of these things, so that if > people want to create a new protocol (for gnuucp, UUPC or whatever), they > can contact me for a letter allocation. The only ones I'm familiar with > are as follows; > 'f' - X.25 PAD protocol. Source available. > 'g' - Packet protocol. > 'x' - ?simple protocol. > > I know there are others, but I don't know what they are, or what their > advantages are. If you could also tell me if the protocol driver source- > code is in the public domain, it would be a great help. Thanks. > - Der Isn't "z" zmodem? Tim -- ...sun!hoptoad!\ Tim Pozar >fidogate!pozar Fido: 1:125/406 ...lll-winken!/ PaBell: (415) 788-3904 USNail: KKSF / 77 Maiden Lane / San Francisco CA 94108