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From: patterso@hardees.rutgers.edu (Ross Patterson)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: simultaneous connections
Message-ID: <Oct.14.18.57.33.1988.16120@hardees.rutgers.edu>
Date: 14 Oct 88 22:57:34 GMT
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>I do not know whether any distributed systems in the Internet take 
>advantage of the TCP design feature but at the time of its design,
>TCP held symmetry to be a highly valuable characteristic.
>
>Vint Cerf

Doesn't the FTP "Three Party Model" depend on symetric, peer-peer
connections? There are several FTP's out there that support Three Party, not
to mention Braden & DeSchon's work on BFTP.

Ross Patterson
Center for Computer and Information Services
Rutgers University