On Sat, 16 Jun 2001, Robert Elz wrote:
> Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 09:12:32 -0700
> From: "Christian Huitema" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> | I think we must meet the following requirements:
>
> If all that is to be done, then it would probably be easier to
> just use TCP. That doesn't, of itself, satisfy all the requirements,
> but it makes it a lot easier to handle them (eg: it pretty much handles
> the two way data problem, and it allows some kind of authentication that
> doesn't have to be repeated for every packet).
Tunneling TCP over TCP can get you into "interesting" situations if the
packet loss is significant due to timers etc. activating on both layers.
--
Pekka Savola "Tell me of difficulties surmounted,
Netcore Oy not those you stumble over and fall"
Systems. Networks. Security. -- Robert Jordan: A Crown of Swords
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