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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!hp9000.csc.cuhk.hk!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!sdd.hp.com!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!pipex!ibmpcug!gtoal From: gtoal@ibmpcug.co.uk (Graham Toal) Subject: Re: What is... Organization: The IBM PC User Group, UK. Date: Wed, 9 Dec 1992 08:10:02 GMT Message-ID: <ByzG0q.BLp@ibmpcug.co.uk> References: <1g4101INN2le@ub.d.umn.edu> Lines: 16 In article <1g4101INN2le@ub.d.umn.edu> cbusch@ub.d.umn.edu (Chris) writes: > What is 'fsp'? I hear it is similar to ftp/telnet. What is it, >and where can I get it, and any other info about it. It's an alternative to ftp - a stateless connectionless protocol running over UDP packets. Sensible idea but slow implementation. So far, its only users appear to be hacker sites and people swapping porno gifs. (It can be run as a user program you see - uses unprivileged ports which are passed around by word of mouth) I haven't found a single interesting fsp site yet, but if you want to try it out, there's a kit on rachel.ibmpcug.co.uk:/usr/local/src G --