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Path: ...!2.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Crowdstrike fiasco Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2024 07:55:40 +0200 Organization: Khanya Publications Lines: 31 Message-ID: <od51ajdvm4jviim1l257pmavnrgdns7mdp@4ax.com> References: <v7dbfl$2u3ri$1@dont-email.me> <14650d94-4742-6c3f-9c73-33e7468106c5@example.net> <v7gevu$p388$1@matrix.hispagatos.org> <v7gn63$3jnfn$2@dont-email.me> <AABmm+KJfkcAABMh.A3.flnews@ferrat.uplawski.eu> <v7gotu$3jnfn$3@dont-email.me> <v7iccp$8d7$2@dont-email.me> <v7ihbl$vef$4@dont-email.me> <v7jvj7$8pms$7@dont-email.me> <v7l7ft$in60$5@dont-email.me> <v7mtrn$se4i$10@dont-email.me> <lg9gaqF569mU1@mid.individual.net> <v7o4ms$16db9$1@dont-email.me> Reply-To: hayesstw@yahoo.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2024 07:51:14 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="f9662ef994d54ee6d556ab748f1dcf0a"; logging-data="1718233"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18OWCSIiuFHmyDvM8fld2eGh14C8HjgmQ8=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:9S/rYa9DbsvsvIpgTy+1TQtd3uA= X-No-Archive: yes X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 2.0/32.652 Bytes: 2713 On Tue, 23 Jul 2024 12:38:04 +0100, The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote: >"By 1984, the international reference model OSI model, which was not >compatible with TCP/IP, had been agreed upon. Many European governments >(particularly France, West Germany and the UK) and the United States >Department of Commerce mandated compliance with the OSI model, while the >US Department of Defense planned to transition from TCP/IP to OSI. " > >https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protocol_Wars > >Once again Lawrence is simply wrong. In 1988 I went to a Uninet (South African Universities Network) conference and they were discussing OSI migration. My contribution was to persuade them to link up with the Fidonet BBS network to connect to the Internet, which they did, and for the next two years ALL South Africa's Internet traffic passed over a 9600 bps dial-up line between Grahamstown in South Africa and a BBS in Oregon USA. Things were complicated because JANet in the UK used domain-name addressing different from other places -- @uk.ox.ac and so on. -- Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa Web: http://www.khanya.org.za/stevesig.htm Blog: http://khanya.wordpress.com E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk