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> The ultimate dream protocol is one in which a sender just encodes bits in a certain way such that the receiver will get them, and puts them on the line withou
by cryptonector 4y ago
> The ultimate dream protocol is one in which a sender just encodes bits in a certain way such that the receiver will get them, and puts them on the line without any handshaking or synchronization.
This is a recipe for DDoS.
Some handshaking is always necessary. You can minimize it, but you can't get rid of it.
- zokier 4y ago> This is a recipe for DDoS. Inside a datacenter?
- cryptonector 4y agoOh, right, in a datacenter probably not. EDIT: But you know, UDP meets your bill.
- jl2718 4y agoDatagram is a layer-3 protocol. There’s a lot going on underneath that.
- wmf 4y agoInside a datacenter it's called massive incast and it's still pretty bad.