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Jon Kibler writes: > Also, other than "That's what the RFCs call for," why use TCP for > data exchange instead of larger UDP packets? TCP is more robust for large (>Path MTU) data transfers, and less prone to spoofing. A few months ago I sent a message to SwiNOG (like NANOG only less North American and more Swiss) about this topic, trying to explain some of the tradeoffs: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg02612.html Mostly I think that people "approaching this from a security perspective only" often forget that by fencing in the(ir idea of the) current status quo, they often prevent beneficial evolution of protocols as well, contributing to the Internet's "ossification". -- Simon.
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