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From: Fariborz "Skip" Tavakkolian fst@rea...
Subject: [9fans] styx and 9p
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 14:33:57 -0700

Where inferno books?

At 03:21 PM 4/14/98 BST, you wrote:
>styx is quite close to 9p, as you can see from its definition in the
inferno books.
>here are the differences i can recall:
>
>authentication is a separate phase before styx starts:
>thus the connection is authenticated, not each Tattach.
>
>the append and lock mode bits aren't there.
>
>Tsession/Rsession aren't used.
>
>the message numbering (Txyz and Rxyz) is different.
>
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