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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

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