On 12/09/2011 21:08, Lamar Owen wrote: > Quoting RFC 768 (User Datagram Protocol): > "This protocol provides a procedure for application programs to > send messages to other programs with a minimum of protocol mechanism. > The protocol is transaction oriented, and delivery and duplicate > protection are not guaranteed. Applications requiring ordered reliable > delivery of streams of data should use the Transmission Control Protocol > (TCP) [2]."
I would be interested to hear your opinion on how tcp over multicast would work. But I agree with your general point that it's a bit much to expect an application to work where it depends on intercontinental multicast to work flawlessly and where the upper levels of the application don't even tolerate out of order packets. "Be liberal in what you expect. Be conservative in what you send". Nick _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
