13 Jun
2001
13 Jun
'01
4:49 p.m.
On Wed, 13 Jun 2001, Ken Seefried wrote:
The source code for uucp is availible any number of
places; that's probably
the best existing doco. I occasionally have to dust off my ancient UUCP
sk1llz to get files on and off some antique for a client.
BTW...If one wanted to create an out-of-band network, I dunno if I'd pick
UUCP. There are a number of other approaches to doing this out there that
are more functional, more covert and less baroque.
[...]
I think it would be interesting if you could somehow use packet radio via
amateur satellites to carry UUCP network traffic. It could definitely be
gatewayed through systems with dialup services or TCP/IP connectivity. I
just think it'd be more interesting if you could add satellites to the mix.
-brian.