1. A network including at least a router device, wherein the router device comprises:
a plurality of network interfaces for connection to an outside, and
routing processing means for performing routing processing for a packet received through at least one of said network interfaces on the basis of route information stored in advance,
a plurality of virtual interfaces which manage a change in a link state of at least one of said network interfaces, wherein said link state is one of an up state in which there is a continuous connection for not less than a first predetermined time, a down state in which there is a continuous disconnection for not less than a second predetermined time, and a hit state in which a connection and a disconnection repeatedly occur while remaining in the hit state.
2. A network according to claim 1, wherein said virtual interfaces are arranged between said network interfaces and said routing processing means so as to respectively correspond to said plurality of network interfaces, and wherein at least one of said virtual interfaces conceals a state of at least one of said network interfaces from said routing processing means.
3. A network according to claim 1, wherein at least one of said virtual interfaces suppress updating of the route information when the link is in the hit state.
4. A network according to claim 1, wherein at least one of said virtual interfaces suppress notification of a change in the state of the link to another router device when the link is in the hit state.
5. A router device comprising
a plurality of network interfaces for connection to an outside, and
routing processing means for performing routing processing for a packet received through at least one of said network interfaces on the basis of route information stored in advance
a plurality of virtual interfaces which manage a change in a link state of at least one of said network interfaces, wherein said link state is one of an up state in which there is a continuous connection for not less than a first predetermined time, a down state in which there is a continuous disconnection for not less than a second predetermined time, and a hit state in which a connection and a disconnection repeatedly occur while remaining in the hit state.
6. A router device according to claim 5, wherein said virtual interfaces are arranged between said network interfaces and said routing processing means so as to respectively correspond to said plurality of network interfaces, and wherein at least one of said virtual interfaces conceals a state of at least one of said network interfaces from said routing processing means.
7. A router device according to claim 5, wherein at least one of said virtual interfaces suppress updating of the route information when the link is in the hit state.
8. A router device according to claim 5, wherein at least one of said virtual interfaces suppress notification of a change in the state of the link to another device when the link is in the hit state.
9. A route updating suppression method for a network comprising of at least a router device wherein the router device comprises: a plurality of network interfaces for connection to an outside, and routing processing means for performing routing processing for a packet received through at least one of said plurality of network interface on the basis of route information stored in advance, the method comprising:
the step of recognizing at the router device any one of an up state in which there is a continuous connection for not less than a first predetermined time, a down state in which there is a continuous disconnection for not less than a second predetermined time, and a hit state in which a connection and a disconnection repeatedly occur while remaining in the hit state, on the side of a plurality of virtual interfaces arranged between said network interfaces and the routing processing means so as to respectively correspond to the plurality of network interfaces; and
the step of managing a change in state of a link for connection to the outside in accordance with a recognition result.
10. A route updating suppression method according to claim 9, further comprising a step of causing at least one of said virtual interfaces to conceal a state of at least one of said network interfaces from the routing processing means.
11. A route updating suppression method according to claim 9, further comprising a step of causing at least one of said virtual interfaces to suppress updating of the route information when the link is in the hit state.
12. A route updating suppression method according to claim 9, further comprising the step of causing at least one of said virtual interfaces to suppress notification of a change in state of the link to another router device when the link is in the hit state.
13. A computer recording medium having a computer program encoded therein for a route updating suppression method for a network including at least a router device including a plurality of network interfaces for connection to an outside, and routing processing means for performing routing processing for a packet received through at least one of said network interfaces on the basis of route information stored in advance, said program comprising:
the step of recognizing any one of an up state in which there is a continuous connection for not less than a first predetermined time, a down state in which there is a continuous disconnection for not less than a second predetermined time, and a hit state in which a connection and a disconnection repeatedly occur while remaining in the hit state, on the side of a plurality of virtual interfaces arranged between the said network interfaces and the routing processing means so as to respectively correspond to the plurality of network interfaces; and
the step of managing a change in state of a link for connection to the outside in accordance with a recognition result.
14. The network of claim 1, wherein the state of a link remains in the hit state until a connection or disconnection occurs for at least said first predetermined time or said second predetermined time respectively.
15. The network of claim 1, wherein the router device notifies another routing device that it is in the hit state.
16. The network of claim 1, wherein at least one of said virtual interfaces notifies a change in the state of a link of at least one of said network interfaces to said routing processing means if either the up state or the down state occur.
17. The router device of claim 5, wherein the state of a link remains in the hit state until a connection or disconnection occurs for at least said first predetermined time or said second predetermined time respectively.
18. The router device of claim 5, wherein the router device notifies another routing device that it is in the hit state.
19. The router device of claim 5, wherein at least one of said virtual interfaces notifies a change in the state of a link of at least on of said network interfaces to said routing processing means if either the up state or the down state occur.
20. The route updating suppression method of claim 9, wherein the state of a link remains in the hit state until a connection or disconnection occurs for at least said first predetermined time or said second predetermined time respectively.
21. The route updating suppression method of claim 9, wherein the router device notifies another routing device that it is in the hit state.
22. The route updating suppression method of claim 9, wherein at least one of said virtual interfaces notifies a change in the state of a link of at least one of said network interfaces to said routing processing means if either the up state or the down state occur.
23. The computer recording medium of claim 13, wherein the program further comprises a step of maintaining the state of a link in the hit state until a connection or disconnection occurs for at least a first predetermined time or a second predetermined time respectively.
24. The computer recording medium of claim 13, wherein the program further comprises a step of notifying another routing device that it is in the hit state.
25. The computer recording medium of claim 13 wherein the program further comprises a step of notifying a change in the state of a link of atleast one of said network interfaces to said routing processing means if either the up state or the down state occur.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A system for managing e-mail attachments in a data transmission system comprising a data transmission network and at least one workstation connected thereto and wherein a user of the workstation can receive e-mails from at least one server within the network, at least one e-mail having a document attached thereto, comprising:
a system for creating an entry in a document references file containing a reference to the document when the document is detached from the e-mail, the entry containing variable parameters,
a system for generating an icon linked to the entry in the document references file, the icon being displayed when the e-mail is displayed, and
a continuously running daemon for detecting when any of the variable parameters of the document have been changed, wherein the daemon modifies the parameters in the entry of the document references file in response to a detected change.
2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the creating and generating systems are provided by a mail tool in charge of managing the e-mails.
3. The system according to claim 1, wherein the entry in the document references file contains a key calculated and set once when the document is detached from the e-mail in order to ensure permanently the link between the icon and the entry.
4. The system of claim 1, wherein the variable parameters include a name of the document name and a full path location of the document.
5. The system according to claim 1, wherein the user can obtain the reference of the document contained in the document references file by selecting the icon.