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On 28 August 2020 21:27:52 CEST, antlists <antlists@××××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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>On 26/08/2020 21:21, Grant Taylor wrote: |
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>>> so basically total expected number of protocols/layers used in the |
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>>> universe, per second, will be much less if we, on planet earth, use |
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>a |
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>>> mail system that uses HTTP* instead of RESXCH_*. |
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>> I obviously disagree. |
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>Exactly. You now need a protocol/layer that says you're running "mail |
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>over http" as opposed to "web". HTTP is tcp/80 that *means* web. As |
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>soon |
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>as you start using it for something (anything) else you've just added |
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>another protocol/layer. |
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>I get the distinct impression that Grant doesn't actually understand |
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>what TCP is ... (hint - it has port numbers that are meant (if they're |
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>not abused) to indicate what is going over the connection, like SMTP, |
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>or |
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>HTTP, or POP, or IMAP, etc etc). |
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>Cheers, |
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>Wol |
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I think you meant that Caveman doesn't understand what TCP (and UDP) actually is. |
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Grant does seem to know what he is talking about. |
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Joost |
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