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From: rsalz@bbn.com (Rich Salz)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp
Subject: Re: What should a new UUCP protocol do?
Message-ID: <3005@litchi.bbn.com>
Date: 21 Nov 90 13:58:27 GMT
References: <1990Nov07.155516.17815@ism.isc.com> <1990Nov09.230452.6549@chinet.chi.il.us> <8290@gollum.twg.com> <1990Nov16.060148.2194@chinet.chi.il.us>
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In <1990Nov16.060148.2194@chinet.chi.il.us> les@chinet.chi.il.us (Leslie Mikesell) writes:
>Almost, but all you have to do is assume that any ACK ack's all previous
>packets. ... much discussion of ACK's and windows deleted...

If you're going to redesign TCP, make sure you read ALL about it first.
It is one of the best sliding-window protocols around, and has undergone
more design and implementation engineering than UUCP ever will.  Get the TCP-related
RFC's (and there are a bunch of them) and perhaps read Comer's internetworking
book.

Protocol design is VERY HARD.
	/r$
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