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IPv4 on its own is not reliable, but TCP adds reliability on top of it. Aren't distributed systems in general also designed to be reliable despite being compose
by jolmg 7y ago
IPv4 on its own is not reliable, but TCP adds reliability on top of it. Aren't distributed systems in general also designed to be reliable despite being composed of unreliable components?
- zzzcpan 7y agoYes, fault tolerance is the reason distributed systems field even exists. Literally to make something reliable out of unreliable.