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Re: [circle] conceptual doubt
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thomasV1 |
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Re: [circle] conceptual doubt |
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Tue, 27 Jan 2004 22:56:40 +0100 (MET) |
so, it is the opposite of what I thought :-)
but you 're right.
btw, I just checked: Overnet uses two ports:
one udp for the dht, one tcp for file transfers.
> To give a short answer:
> - UDP is better for small packet to occasional destination as it does
> not have the overhead of establishing a connection
> - TCP is better suited for long connection - file transfer included as
> it does have more advance error corrections algo
>
> UDP packet can "just disappear" in the cybetnet in can of networks
> congestion, TCP packet are guarantied to be delivered (simplification
> but still widely true)
>
> Thomas
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