> -----Original Message----- > From: IanG [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: August 21, 2008 4:59 AM > To: Alex Pankratov > Cc: 'Eric Rescorla'; 'theory and practice of decentralized computer > networks'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [p2p-hackers] IETF rejects Obfuscated TCP
[snip] > Simplied, for explanation purposes of course. The reason > for the pattern of hello-response-ack is the fundamental > laws of networking. The reason for the repetition is the > old OSI layer model. > > For application programmers this is terribly frustrating at > several levels. This pretty bold statement is largely incorrect based on my own experience. I'm not exactly sure who you are referring to as "p2p people", but the excessive round-trips are hardly viewed as "frustrating" by any of networking devs I know. What you say about a-b-c-d vs. secured-d certainly makes sense, but it's like choosing to code in C instead of Java, because resulting app is going to be smaller and faster. All things considered (not just technical), in some cases it makes sense, in others - a vast majority - it's not. Alex _______________________________________________ p2p-hackers mailing list [email protected] http://lists.zooko.com/mailman/listinfo/p2p-hackers
