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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.apps:1060 comp.os.linux.misc:11156 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!hookup!usc!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!news.ingr.com!b11!rock.b11.ingr.com!rocker From: rocker@rock.b11.ingr.com (Ray Rocker) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.apps,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Linux box on the internet Date: 17 Mar 1994 18:14:14 GMT Organization: Intergraph Corporation, Huntsville, AL Lines: 20 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <2ma6lm$sah@b11.b11.ingr.com> References: <hastyCMGpA7.Gu5@netcom.com> <2lo4m0$sdt@bosnia.pop.psu.edu> <SJA.94Mar12174713@gamma.hut.fi> <2m0h7a$3ck@u.cc.utah.edu> <SJA.94Mar15122613@gamma.hut.fi> <2m4h1e$8ec@oak7.doc.ic.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: rock.b11.ingr.com Keywords: linux internet In article <2m4h1e$8ec@oak7.doc.ic.ac.uk>, mmh@doc.ic.ac.uk (Mirza Manar Hussain) writes: |> I should be in a position to put a computer on the net some time later this |> year and offer various services. I was wondering if there are many Linux |> boxes out there on the net with much significant access. I would be very |> interested in the viability of a Linux box in this situation. It would be |> set up to be ftp, telnet, mosiac, gopher -able etc, with accounts available |> for remote users and possibly some bbs type discussion areas. There are several such machines running internet BBSes under Linux, and one I help out with runs both a BBS and a MUD. Linux does seem to have problems with slow Internet connections; it appears to not handle long packet delays and retransmissions well (it takes a lot longer to sync up compared to, say, SunOS under the same circumstances), especially when closing connections. But it is a lot better in 1.0, and the problem with closing connections is being worked from what I read here. On those rare occasions I get my packets through quickly and without many retries, the Linux servers fly. -- ray