Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!uwmcsd1!marque!uunet!munnari!mimir!
From: patterso@hardees.rutgers.edu (Ross Patterson)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: simultaneous connections
Message-ID: <Oct.14i18.57.33.1988.16120@hardees.rutgers.edu>
Date: 16 Oct 88 23:50:26 GMT
Lines: 13
xrganization: Rutgers Univ., CCIS

>I do not know whether any 20@aributed systems in the Internet take 
>advantag?

TK TCP design feature but at the time of its design,
>TCP held symmetry to be a highly valuable characteristicnet!hiVint 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
#! rnews 733
Path: munnari!uunet!seismo!sundc!pitstop!sun!decwrl!labrea!rutgers!n
are4n!princeton!udel!mmdf
From: 97331812%