From: bir7@leland.Stanford.EDU (Ross Biro) Subject: Re: TCP/IP support & Linux Date: 29 Jun 1992 03:14:31 GMT
In article <1992Jun29.014719.4216@a.cs.okstate.edu> kennejs@a.cs.okstate.edu (KENNEDY JAMES SCOT) writes:
>I understand that support for TCP/IP under Linux is well on its way
>and is being alpha tested. My question is this: when TCP/IP
>support is available will it be possible to get NFS and/or RFS for
>Linux (that is if I can get the code)? Also, what about SLIP? I'm
>interested in SLIP support because I want to be able to do an X
>session over a dialup-line. Finally, is the code for rcp, telnet,
>ftp, ping, etc. widely available and what is my chances of getting
>any of these programs to work reliably under Linux?
Here's the current status of Linux. I'm releasing my
tcp/ip code tommorrow as alpha code. It will be available only to
a few people until I see how it goes. It isn't complete yet, but
the tcp/ip seems to work. Udp is still in the works. I've heard
that someone else has tcp/ip code which is ahead of mine, but I don't
know anything more about it. As for NFS, with VFS and udp/ip it
should not be too difficult to port. Slip, CSlip, and other devices
will not be hard to add. Right now the biggest problems with the
tcp/ip code, are that it does not know how to act like a router,
and it does not process ip options.
Ross Biro bir7@leland.stanford.edu
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