On Mon, 18 Feb 2002, Marc Evans wrote: > There is a draft RFC for the protocol. The Win32 version is known to run > to some semi-useful degree under WINE. Looking through the starband news > groups on dejanews can be somewhat useful.
Indeed. For those too lazy to look, here is some information: BST = Boosted Session Transport. It appears to be a inline TCP proxy designed to optimize TCP sessions for high-latency, unreliable links (like satellite and some wireless). Despite the RFC draft, it appears to be a proprietary, patented protocol owned by a company named FlashNetworks, and sold under the name of "NettGain". http://www.flash-networks.com/Product.asp?table=Providers http://www.globecom.net/ietf/draft/draft-azmak-bst-00.html StarBand used to offer a model 180 "satellite modem" which did something kinda-sorta like BST, but in the modem itself. They have replaced the 180 with a model 360 (which our customers have), and moved all that into software running on Windows (NettGain). Some discussion here: http://groups.google.com/groups?q=BST+group:alt.satellite.starband+group:alt.satellite.starband&hl=en&selm=cq5g7.5214%24Qh2.1319535%40typhoon.san.rr.com&rnum=5 Of note, FlashNetworks does have a Linux NettGain client. However, apparently StarBand and Microsoft are in bed together, and thus StarBand has not purchased a license for the Linux client. But even if BST was an open standard and readily available for Linux, I suspect the latency problem would still make itself felt for many applications, especially anything like SSH (which, of course, I use extensively at home). -- Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | The opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not | | necessarily represent the views or policy of any other person, entity or | | organization. All information is provided without warranty of any kind. | ***************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *****************************************************************
