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Guaranteed Transmission Protocols For Windows?

Posted by timothy on from the no-charge-for-autocompression dept.

Michael writes "Part of our business at my work involves transferring mission critical files across a 2 mbit microwave connection, into a government-run telecommunications center with a very dodgy internal network and then finally to our own server inside the center. The computers at both ends run Windows. What sort of protocols or tools are available to me that will guarantee to get the data transferred across better than a straight Windows file system copy? Since before I started working here, they've been using FTP to upload the files, but many times the copied files are a few kilobytes smaller than the originals."

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  1. UDP. by langelgjm · · Score: 5, Funny

    Clearly you're looking for UDP. Next question.

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    1. Re:UDP. by El+Torico · · Score: 4, Funny

      Now I know the sound of packets being dropped. Thanks.

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    2. Re:UDP. by sofar · · Score: 5, Funny

      TCP is so horrible. I wish HTTP used UDP by default so I wouldn't have the pro

  2. Re:Guaranteed? by jeffmeden · · Score: 3, Funny

    You forgot a few:

    Windows at both ends... Used to use FTP... Considering windows file sharing...

    Is anyone else a little nervous? I hope by 'government' he means Department of Natural Resources or some equally uninteresting entity. I am picturing someone at the SEC going "You know, I swear this accounting data had a few more rows the last time I looked at it-- Oh well it's not like this Madoff guy is actually up to anything strange anyway"

  3. Re:Any encrypted transmission protocol actually by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    I sincerely hope, for the asker's sake and possibly for the country's sake, that these files he works with are trivial.

    Well, let's see.

    transferring mission critical files across a 2 mbit microwave connection, into a government-run telecommunications center

    Pretty sure encryption isn't necessary.

  4. Re:Jesus protocol by Loko+Draucarn · · Score: 3, Funny

    Not to mention the three day latency on refreshing the entropy pool.

  5. Re:Jesus protocol by melikamp · · Score: 3, Funny

    It must be open-source with such an odd name.

    Close. It's open sores, especially around the wrists.