Re: Connection Establishment

David Nicol <nicold@umkc.edu> Thu, 07 February 2002 21:39 UTC

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Jeremy Harris - Network Service Providers Division wrote:
>
> I believe that an HTTP GET which hits an in-kernel cache satisfies the
> above constraints; the transaction can then be reduced to a minimum of
> three packets.
> 
> Jeremy Harris           jeremy.harris@sun.com


fascinating -- you're suggesting HTTP over datagrams.  Or at least
acting like datagrams when all you really want is a datagram.  You
can dispense with the connection when all you want is a datagram.


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