In article <CAMbSiYDKdnWenOK=sqwo_zrs9u0d02a8m5qeaj+rvcxcjfr...@mail.gmail.com>,
Dave Hart <[email protected]> wrote:
>On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 00:51, Danny Mayer <[email protected]> wrote:
>> No you don't want to do DNS over TCP if you can avoid it. It would be a
>> major hit on the resolver servers and with the kind of high volume that
>> you get as mobile devices make increasing use of such networks. You want
>> WiFi to drop UDP packets if they are lost rather than attempting to
>> retransmit them.
>
>I do indeed, but UDP is treated as guaranteed by WiFi, and I expect
>the reason is DNS over UDP otherwise becomes a user experience killer
>due to extra seconds of wait for each loss.
Is this defined in an RFC or some other standards document?
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-- Rod --
rodd(at)polylogics(dot)com
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