To:
"Brian W. Spolarich" <briansp@walid.com>
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"Jordyn A. Buchanan" <jordyn@register.com>, "Bill Manning" <bmanning@isi.edu>, "George Michaelson" <ggm@apnic.net>, "Bill Manning" <bmanning@isi.edu>, "Peter Chow" <peter@interq.or.jp>, "Zhu Yu" <yu.zhu@i-dns.net>, <ietf-provreg@cafax.se>
From:
Dave Crocker <dcrocker@brandenburg.com>
Date:
Wed, 21 Mar 2001 16:31:49 -0600
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Subject:
RE: Design teams
At 04:00 PM 3/21/2001, Brian W. Spolarich wrote: > Do folks really think the TCP overhead is that big of a >problem? Memory and CPU is much cheaper these days, and I haven't >seen a requirement stated that would necessitate going down >the UDP road. the usual argument put forward by UDP devotees is that TCP connection setup takes too long. However absent a standard, robust, popular transaction transport protocol, TCP is a better choice than UDP. UDP simply requires that you re-invent too much. d/ ---------- Dave Crocker <mailto:dcrocker@brandenburg.com> Brandenburg InternetWorking <http://www.brandenburg.com> tel: +1.408.246.8253; fax: +1.408.273.6464