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Replacing TCP?

Posted by michael on from the step-by-step-the-largest-network-can-be-replaced dept.

olau writes "TCP, the transfer protocol that most of the Internet is using, is getting old. These guys have invented an alternative that combines UDP with rateless erasure codes, which means that packets do not have to be resent. Cool stuff! It also has applications for peer-to-peer networks (e.g. for something like BitTorrent). They are even preparing RFCs! The guy who started it, Petar Maymounkov, is of Kademlia fame."

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  1. almost as fun as replacing the by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    dick in me

    FP bitches!!

  2. Re:Old!=bad by g0at · · Score: 0, Troll

    Yeah, exactly. Stairs, and the wheel, are pretty old too. Perhaps we should study mandating elevators powered by square motors for all homes!

    -b

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  3. Re:A working wikipedia link for Kademlia by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    If you can't read then why should I have to explain myself. I think I was pretty clear in my post what the problem is. Dumbass Trolls.

  4. Failzor5 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

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