From the IL Wikipedia page:

As of the Fourth Edition of Plan 9, 2003, IL is deprecated in favor of TCP/IP because it doesn't handle long-distance connections well.

Does anybody still use IL? It sounds like an interesting protocol and I’m wondering if anybody has or is still using it for either local network or internet usage. And, given It’s depreciation status, is it still available for use if one does want to use it?

Burton Samograd

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