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From: sandy@TOVE.UMD.EDU (Sandy Murphy)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: simultaneous connections
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Date: 12 Oct 88 19:58:46 GMT
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I have been studying various transport protocols and the services they provide,
especially TCP and ISO TP.  I have a question concerning one feature in particular.
 
In TCP, simultaneous attempts by two hosts to establish a connection will result in one
connection.  In ISO, the result would be two connections.  I am told that some time ago
(more than one year?) there was a discussion of the advantages of / need for the TCP
method of handling simultaneous connections.  Does anyone know of situations or
applications that need or take advantage of this facility/feature/peculiarity of TCP?
If and when we go to ISO will anything be broken?

sandy murphy (sandy@tove.umd.edu)