Re: Request for TCP/IP test program

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1 total messages Started by Bob Clements Fri, 18 Oct 1985 16:56

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Author: Bob Clements
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 1985 16:56

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[Art @ ACC.ARPA asked about date source/sink programs that avoid
the overhead of using the disk for the data.]

Art,

The original TENEX/TOPS20 FTP server, which I wrote many years
ago, had a "feature" to do exactly what you are looking for: It
recognized the "NUL:" device as a special case.  Data sent to
NUL: was discarded immediately by the FTP server, without even
calling the file system to discard it.  Data requested FROM the
NUL: device was generated by the FTP server itself, and it sent a
fixed amount, one megabyte or one megabit, I think.

Sadly, I have been exiled from 36-bit land for a while, so I
don't know whether that feature is still in the current server.
I hope so.

/Rcc

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