Re: RFC931 (was Re: Fake headers on Internet mail)

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From: Marcus J. Ranum
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 01:38

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>In June 1992, about 1 packet out of every 7000 across the NSFNET T1
>backbone was for port 113 (auth). For comparison, about 20 packets out
>of every 7000 were for port 79 (finger). Only thirty named ports had
>higher packet counts than port 113. See nic.merit.edu.

	What kind of conclusion should be drawn from this? It doesn't mean
that because TAP has created a lot of traffic that it is either particularly
useful or widely used. This sounds like a variation of the "eat sh**,
after all, 30 billion flies can't all be wrong" argument used to justify
Microsoft Windows.

mjr.

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Subject: Re: RFC931 (was Re: Fake headers on Internet mail)
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