Good ${greeting_time}, Markus!

13 Nov 2017 14:25:10, you wrote to me:

 AV>> If you grep the nodelist for my name, you'd find two nodes - one
 AV>> with Hub prefix, other with Pvt. The latter is mostly used for
 AV>> Husky FTN software development (esp. hpt), so I know what does
 AV>> "tosser gone mad" mean.
 AV>> But: only I know that, not my links or anyone else, because my
 AV>> hub system properly firewalls messages from such "untrusted"
 AV>> link.
 MR> My approach is similar and might be another idea for a FTS BCP.

I think it's too obvious for that... and not FTN-related (more generic).

 MR> I've got VMs with FTS systems and a local OtherNet for testing.

That should be the first step when developing software.

However, I'm mostly brushing the existing code, so I need real messages
(published in real echoes by other people with different software) for
testing...

 MR> That way I can test FTS software and also things like OS upgrades
 MR> without causing too much trouble in the real world.

I use VPSes (containers) for that purpose: this also allows quick node
migration, once I'd need that.

 AV>> This looks trivial when you read about it, but I really wonder why
 AV>> all people around don't even think of that.
 MR> Maybe they don't understand the purpose of a testlab? Basically
 MR> there's no excuse for not doing that, since you get PCs for little
 MR> money and VM solutions for free.

VMs (VDSes) seem to be the overkill for FTN software... unless you need to
perform tests on various proprietary systems, of course.

 MR> And for marketing purposes you could call that a test cloud ;)

There's no such thing as a cloud - there are only computers you don't own (or
even control). And when someone tells you about clouds, they are very likely
creating the fog for whatever reasons :-)


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