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From: jdarcy@encore.com (Floating Exception)
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Subject: Re: Reliable Datagram ??? Protocols
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Date: 16 Oct 90 05:49:02 GMT
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apple.com!erekose@apple.com  (Erik Scheelke):
>	Does anyone know of a reliable connectionless datagram protocol that
>	runs on top of UDP?  Is so, is there a library out there I can get?

postel@VENERA.ISI.EDU writes:
>Hi.
>
>"Reliable Datagram" is an oxymoron.

Very funny.  Really.  I would guess, however, that Erik is referring to a
connectionless protocol that preserves message boundaries and guarantees
delivery but not necessarily sequencing or non-duplication.  I'm sure such
beasts exist somewhere.

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Jeff d'Arcy, Generic Software Engineer - jdarcy@encore.com
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