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Deep down there is the conversation about using both TCP and UDP. This leads to a paper[1] presented in 1997. How much does this sort of thing (and the hardwar
by SCdF 10y ago
Deep down there is the conversation about using both TCP and UDP. This leads to a paper[1] presented in 1997.
How much does this sort of thing (and the hardware / capability it's running on) change in 20 years? I wonder if it's worth revisiting.
[1] https://www.isoc.org/INET97/proceedings/F3/F3_1.HTM https://www.isoc.org/INET97/proceedings/F3/F3_1.HTM
- banachtarski 10y agoThis paper always baffled me in terms of why it was significant. Basically, TCP is just nasty to ALL other transports passing through the same node/pipe (including other TCP). I don't know why, a) this is a surprise or b) only UDP is singled out as an affected transport in this scenario.