My understanding is that the choice to use UDP was something that was inherited from before OpenAFS (that is, prior to the code being dropped by IBM).
If you look at Derrick's reply to the email you linked, he says there was a branch in CVS. I believe there is still a "plan" to make the switch to TCP, but I believe there are other things that the gatekeepers feel need to happen first. Do bear in mind I'm not sure on the second part about the switch to TCP, but I do seem to remember this coming up every so often. On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 8:02 AM, Holger Rauch <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I've come accross > > http://www.opensubscriber.com/message/[email protected]/3232709.html > > and would like to know why UDP instead of TCP has been chosen as the > transport protocol? > > Thanks in advance for any info & kind regards, > > Holger > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) > > iEYEARECAAYFAks4unsACgkQbiVtWpZdKQISBgCgk2sdVM9XjCk1pcQp66KKILV6 > 9yAAn2JPAR+oWhN6jMeg4fgPiLBP9ppX > =MBTN > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- Jacob Thebault-Spieker Cell: (320) 288-6412 http://summatusmentis.com
