From nduarte@delphi.com Tue Feb 27 19:45:19 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!delphi!nduarte From: nduarte@delphi.com (Natalia Duarte) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: WTB/WTT: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1996Feb27.194519.3497@delphi.com> Date: Tue, 27 Feb 1996 19:45:19 GMT Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 Look closely at the Stardust relay table: there are 14 nodes, but only 10 countries listed. One routing path lists: 'cascade!transat!orbit-01!stardust'. Orbit-01? Are four of the relay nodes located on satellites? In the recovered telemetry dumps, Nodes 11-14 have IP/UUCP addresses that don't route through any known terrestrial ISP. If Nodes 11-14 are in orbit, who is maintaining the transmitters now that Orion is bankrupt? -- Natalia Duarte -- Delphi Internet Services "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." From ssanchez@mit.edu Thu Feb 29 23:07:19 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!mit!ssanchez From: ssanchez@mit.edu (Seo-yeon Sánchez) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1996Feb29.230719.3004@mit.edu> Date: Thu, 29 Feb 1996 23:07:19 GMT References: <1996Feb27.194519.3497@delphi.com> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1996Feb27.194519.3497@delphi.com>, nduarte@delphi.com (Natalia Duarte) writes: > Look closely at the Stardust relay table: there are 14 nodes, but only 10 countries listed. > One routing path lists: 'cascade!transat!orbit-01!stardust'. Orbit-01? Are four of the relay nodes located on satellites? Node 14 is the master clock. That's why the decoded line for Row 14 says: 'ROW 14. NO JOKE.' -- Seo-yeon Sánchez "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." 486DX2/66 (Linux 1.2.13) / TOS 4.04