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From: campbell@maynard.UUCP (Larry Campbell)
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Subject: Re: \"FAST\" protocol proposal from Hayes
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Date: Mon, 11-Aug-86 21:37:36 EDT
Article-I.D.: maynard.330
Posted: Mon Aug 11 21:37:36 1986
Date-Received: Tue, 12-Aug-86 17:21:27 EDT
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Reply-To: campbell@maynard.UUCP (Larry Campbell)
Organization: The Boston Software Works Inc., Maynard, MA
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Keywords: errors reliability end-to-end CRC
Summary: quash this protocol before it mangles YOUR data!

In article  W8SDZ@SIMTEL20.ARPA (Keith Petersen) writes:
>D.C. Hayes (the modem people) are proposing a new protocol...

>Fast is a session-level file transfer protocol designed to run over an
>error-free link such as X.25, X.PC or MNP.  Since the link is assumed to be
>error-free and packetizing is done by the network layer of the underlying
>protocol, no error detection/correction mechanisms are necessary.

What an irresponsible statement!  Sure, the link from modem to modem
may be relatively error-free, but what about the links from computer to
modem on each end?  Who checks them?  Doing file transfers without
end-to-end error checking is simply a subtle way to play Russian
roulette.  Responsible software engineers will avoid this protocol
like the plague.
-- 
Larry Campbell                             The Boston Software Works, Inc.
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