Re: SKIPWARE

From: [email protected]
Date: Sun Aug 25 2002 - 00:28:03 EDT

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    Hi,

    I went to the SKIPWARE website and could only find results for a single
    terminal, file transfer
    case. Is SKIPWARE designed for dynamically shared environments? Are there any
    results
    available?

    -best regards,
    Abheek

    Eric Travis <[email protected]> on 08/24/2002 03:16:18 AM

    Please respond to [email protected]

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    cc: (bcc: Abheek Saha/HSS)

    Subject: Re: SKIPWARE

     At 00:37 PM 8/23/2002 -0700, Fred Baker wrote:

    >Without complete knowledge, I'll bet it terminates the TCP session at
    >each end of the satellite link, moves the file across as rapidly as
    >possible, and uses TCP to deliver the file to the link and from the link
    >to the destination.

    Pretty much - the only thing that I'd offer in addition is that TCP is
    used across the satellite link in order to move the stream as efficiently
    as possible; Certain capabilties (those requiring participation of the
    receiver-side) are negotiated on the SYN exchange (TCP option 20).

    The use of TCP makes worlds of difference when it comes to deploying these
    things as you can be asymmetric (only deploy at a hub and not at all (any)
    of the spokes) and still get quite a bit of the advantages - assuming of
    course that most of the traffic volume flows *toward* the spokes.

    It's our product, so I won't answer Bob's original question on list;

    Regards,

    Eric



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