>> I understand that under TCP there's also a notion of peer to peer and >> client/server connections, I'll give it a look next week to see what's >> the foundations over there.
According to 'TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1 the Protocols' this is called "simultaneous open" and is described as "possible, although improbable" to achieve. Maybe some of the newer implementations allow this to work better, but I doubt many apps, including MPI, use it. - Sean _______________________________________________ general mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openfabrics.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/general To unsubscribe, please visit http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general
