On 26/08/2020 21:21, Grant Taylor wrote:
so basically total expected number of protocols/layers used in the
universe, per second, will be much less if we, on planet earth, use a
mail system that uses HTTP* instead of RESXCH_*.
I obviously disagree.
Exactly. You now need a protocol/layer that says you're running "mail
over http" as opposed to "web". HTTP is tcp/80 that *means* web. As soon
as you start using it for something (anything) else you've just added
another protocol/layer.
I get the distinct impression that Grant doesn't actually understand
what TCP is ... (hint - it has port numbers that are meant (if they're
not abused) to indicate what is going over the connection, like SMTP, or
HTTP, or POP, or IMAP, etc etc).
Cheers,
Wol
