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Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 14:36:11 -0400
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On Tue, 30 Sep 2003 15:44:26 -0400 (EDT), <vdharani@infernopark.com> wrote:

>> The first commerical NAT product, the Network Translation PIX Firewall
>> was written using Plan 9.  Nat didn't bother us because the routers all
>> trashed the IL anyway.
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>> Guess one of the reasons it was called Pix?
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> to mean Plan 9 (P - IX)? Right or wrong?
Correct in one!  And it meant Private Internet eXchange, a pun on
PBX, but it still meant P9 as well.
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> WOW, forget NAT. It feels good to know Plan 9 was used for building a
> commercial network product.
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> Regards
> dharani
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