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NETROM 1.16 vs 2.08

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From: D. Crompton
Date: Wed, 22 May 1991 18:41
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I recently left TheNET version 2.08 at TOMCAT. I also started to use
this variation of TheNet. The previous version I had been using was
1.16, which was a release directly from DL land. The 2.xx versions
apparently come from NJ7P (Bill Beech). What we are finding out is
that a major bug in the earlier version (1.0 and maybe others) which
allows trivial (0 quality) routes to appear in route lists, was corrected
in the 1.16 DL version but not in the 2.xx versions. In some cases
(maybe all) this is a rather serious bug which can cause data loops
at node stacks.

If someone has connection to NJ7P then maybe we could find out why
this is. He must have used an earlier DL source as his base. In any
event it might be a good idea to not use the 2.xx releases until this
is corrected. Unfortunately the DL 1.16 release does not have a user
(terminal) port. There may be another later DL release that has the
problem corrected and maintains the user port. It seems like NOS there
is not alot of control of the code and there are many versions floating
about.

Any input from others on this would be appreciated.

Doug
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