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 @node Comparison
 @node Comparison

+@cindex comparison
+@cindex SMTP
+@cindex FTN
+@cindex FidoNet
+@cindex UUCP

 @unnumbered Comparison with existing solutions
 
 Here is comparison with @url{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UUCP, UUCP}
 @unnumbered Comparison with existing solutions
 
 Here is comparison with @url{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UUCP, UUCP}


@@ -9,27 +14,28 @@ FidoNet} Technology Networks) and @url{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMTP, SMTP}
 @multitable @columnfractions 0.40 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15
 @headitem @tab UUCP @tab FTN @tab NNCP @tab SMTP
 
 @multitable @columnfractions 0.40 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15
 @headitem @tab UUCP @tab FTN @tab NNCP @tab SMTP
 

-@item Ease of setup @tab Medium @tab Hard @tab Easy @tab Hard
-@item Mail transmission @tab @strong{Yes} @tab @strong{Yes} @tab @strong{Yes} @tab @strong{Yes}
-@item News transmission @tab @strong{Yes} @tab @strong{Yes} @tab @strong{Yes} @tab No
-@item File transmission @tab @strong{Yes} @tab @strong{Yes} @tab @strong{Yes} @tab No
-@item Chunked files @tab No @tab @strong{Yes} @tab @strong{Yes} @tab No
-@item Remote command execution @tab @strong{Yes} @tab No @tab @strong{Yes} @tab No
-@item Resumable downloads @tab @strong{Yes} @tab @strong{Yes} @tab @strong{Yes} @tab No
-@item Packets prioritizing @tab @strong{Yes} @tab No @tab @strong{Yes} @tab No
-@item Mail compression @tab No @tab @strong{Yes} @tab @strong{Yes} @tab No
-@item SMTP integration @tab @strong{Yes} @tab No @tab @strong{Yes} @tab N/A
-@item Push/poll @tab @strong{Both} @tab @strong{Both} @tab @strong{Both} @tab Push
-@item DTN @tab @strong{Yes} @tab @strong{Yes} @tab @strong{Yes} @tab No
-@item Intended network size @tab Dozens @tab Global @tab Dozens @tab Global
-@item Routing @tab Manual/static @tab Federated @tab Manual/static @tab Federated
-@item PSTN support @tab @strong{Yes} @tab @strong{Yes} @tab Possible @tab No
-@item Anonymous peers @tab @strong{Yes} @tab No @tab No @tab @strong{Yes}
-@item Peers authentication @tab PAP @tab PAP/CHAP @tab public-key @tab No
-@item Packets encryption @tab No @tab No @tab @strong{Yes} @tab No
-@item Metadata privacy @tab No @tab No @tab @strong{Yes} @tab No
-@item Packets integrity check @tab No @tab No @tab @strong{Yes} @tab No
-@item Sneakernet friendliness @tab No @tab Partially @tab @strong{Yes} @tab No
+@item Ease of setup            @tab Medium        @tab Hard          @tab Easy          @tab Hard
+@item Mail transmission        @tab @strong{Yes}  @tab @strong{Yes}  @tab @strong{Yes}  @tab @strong{Yes}
+@item News transmission        @tab @strong{Yes}  @tab @strong{Yes}  @tab @strong{Yes}  @tab No
+@item File transmission        @tab @strong{Yes}  @tab @strong{Yes}  @tab @strong{Yes}  @tab No
+@item Multicast transmission   @tab No            @tab @strong{Yes}  @tab @strong{Yes}  @tab No
+@item Chunked files            @tab No            @tab @strong{Yes}  @tab @strong{Yes}  @tab No
+@item Remote command execution @tab @strong{Yes}  @tab No            @tab @strong{Yes}  @tab No
+@item Resumable downloads      @tab @strong{Yes}  @tab @strong{Yes}  @tab @strong{Yes}  @tab No
+@item Packets prioritizing     @tab @strong{Yes}  @tab No            @tab @strong{Yes}  @tab No
+@item Mail compression         @tab No            @tab @strong{Yes}  @tab @strong{Yes}  @tab No
+@item SMTP integration         @tab @strong{Yes}  @tab No            @tab @strong{Yes}  @tab N/A
+@item Push/poll                @tab @strong{Both} @tab @strong{Both} @tab @strong{Both} @tab Push
+@item DTN                      @tab @strong{Yes}  @tab @strong{Yes}  @tab @strong{Yes}  @tab No
+@item Intended network size    @tab Dozens        @tab Global        @tab Dozens        @tab Global
+@item Routing                  @tab Manual/static @tab Federated     @tab Manual/static @tab Federated
+@item PSTN support             @tab @strong{Yes}  @tab @strong{Yes}  @tab Possible      @tab No
+@item Anonymous peers          @tab @strong{Yes}  @tab No            @tab No            @tab @strong{Yes}
+@item Peers authentication     @tab PAP           @tab PAP/CHAP      @tab public-key    @tab No
+@item Packets encryption       @tab No            @tab No            @tab @strong{Yes}  @tab No
+@item Metadata privacy         @tab No            @tab No            @tab @strong{Yes}  @tab No
+@item Packets integrity check  @tab No            @tab No            @tab @strong{Yes}  @tab No
+@item Sneakernet friendliness  @tab No            @tab Partially     @tab @strong{Yes}  @tab No

 
 @end multitable
 
 
 @end multitable
 


@@ -64,9 +70,9 @@ FidoNet} Technology Networks) and @url{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMTP, SMTP}
     gigabytes files are queued in parallel.
 
 @item SMTP integration
     gigabytes files are queued in parallel.
 
 @item SMTP integration

-    Mail servers like @url{http://www.postfix.org/, Postfix} offers
-    documentation and configuration file examples how to use it with
-    UUCP. @url{http://www.exim.org/, Exim} and
+    Mail servers like @url{http://www.postfix.org/, Postfix} and
+    @url{http://www.exim.org/, Exim} offers documentation and
+    configuration file examples how to use it with UUCP.

     @url{http://www.sendmail.com/sm/open_source/, Sendmail} could be
     integrated with UUCP rather easily too. For using NNCP, just replace
     UUCP commands with NNCP ones.
     @url{http://www.sendmail.com/sm/open_source/, Sendmail} could be
     integrated with UUCP rather easily too. For using NNCP, just replace
     UUCP commands with NNCP ones.


@@ -86,6 +92,7 @@ FidoNet} Technology Networks) and @url{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMTP, SMTP}
     UUCP and NNCP does not known nothing about routing. You have to
     explicitly tell how to send (what hops to use) packets to each node.
 
     UUCP and NNCP does not known nothing about routing. You have to
     explicitly tell how to send (what hops to use) packets to each node.
 

+@cindex PSTN

 @item PSTN support
     UUCP and FidoNet always have been working with modems out-of-box.
     Only many years later they gained support for working over TCP/IP
 @item PSTN support
     UUCP and FidoNet always have been working with modems out-of-box.
     Only many years later they gained support for working over TCP/IP


@@ -93,11 +100,15 @@ FidoNet} Technology Networks) and @url{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMTP, SMTP}
     TCP daemon, but nothing prohibits using of another 8-bit aware
     online transport.
 
     TCP daemon, but nothing prohibits using of another 8-bit aware
     online transport.
 

+@cindex anonymity
+@cindex Sybil attack

 @item Anonymous peers
     NNCP and FTN are friend-to-friend networks exclusively. This is very
     secure and mitigates many possible man-in-the-middle (MitM) and
     @url{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sybil_attack, Sybil} attacks.
 
 @item Anonymous peers
     NNCP and FTN are friend-to-friend networks exclusively. This is very
     secure and mitigates many possible man-in-the-middle (MitM) and
     @url{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sybil_attack, Sybil} attacks.
 

+@cindex sneakernet
+@cindex floppynet

 @item Sneakernet friendliness
     No one, except NNCP, supports data exchanging via removable storages
     likes flash drives, CD-ROMs, tapes and hard drives out-of-box. It
 @item Sneakernet friendliness
     No one, except NNCP, supports data exchanging via removable storages
     likes flash drives, CD-ROMs, tapes and hard drives out-of-box. It


@@ -107,6 +118,7 @@ FidoNet} Technology Networks) and @url{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMTP, SMTP}
 
 @end table
 
 
 @end table
 

+@cindex UUCP commands

 Also there is
 @url{https://changelog.complete.org/archives/10165-asynchronous-email-exim-over-nncp-or-uucp, copy of}
 comparable commands of UUCP and NNCP, just for the interest:
 Also there is
 @url{https://changelog.complete.org/archives/10165-asynchronous-email-exim-over-nncp-or-uucp, copy of}
 comparable commands of UUCP and NNCP, just for the interest:


@@ -114,13 +126,18 @@ comparable commands of UUCP and NNCP, just for the interest:
 @multitable @columnfractions 0.5 0.25 0.25
 @headitem Purpose @tab UUCP @tab NNCP
 
 @multitable @columnfractions 0.5 0.25 0.25
 @headitem Purpose @tab UUCP @tab NNCP
 

+@pindex uucico
+@pindex uupoll
+@pindex uux
+@pindex uucp
+@pindex uuxqt

 @item Connect to remote system
     @tab @command{uucico -s}, @command{uupoll}
     @tab @command{nncp-call}, @command{nncp-caller}
 @item Receive connection (pipe, daemon, etc)
     @tab @command{uucico} (@option{-l} or similar)
     @tab @command{nncp-daemon}
 @item Connect to remote system
     @tab @command{uucico -s}, @command{uupoll}
     @tab @command{nncp-call}, @command{nncp-caller}
 @item Receive connection (pipe, daemon, etc)
     @tab @command{uucico} (@option{-l} or similar)
     @tab @command{nncp-daemon}

-@item Request remote execution, stdin piped in
+@item Request remote execution, @code{stdin} piped in

     @tab @command{uux}
     @tab @command{nncp-exec}
 @item Copy file to remote machine
     @tab @command{uux}
     @tab @command{nncp-exec}
 @item Copy file to remote machine