Ray Olszewski wrote:
>
> Actually, my /etc/services (Slackware 3.4) has the same, "broken" entries.
> Since one rarely runs a Web server through inetd, an error here would
> usually not affect anything. But if the entry is common, I wonder if it is
> in fact an error? My copy of _Web Performance Tuning_ notes that UDP is the
> protocol of choice for streaming audio -- might that apply to httpd-based
> services?
Isn't UDP a part of the TCP/IP protocol, a replacement/complement to TCP
that does not ensure the arrival of data. This makes it 'faster' and of
lower cost.
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