From: Brian Lodwick (xpranax@xxxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Wed Mar 13 2002 - 20:23:34 GMT-3
Interconnections
by Radia Perlman
>>>Brian
>From: "A.Steinbock" <ccie10@usa.net>
>Reply-To: "A.Steinbock" <ccie10@usa.net>
>To: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
>Subject: Reliable UDP?
>Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2002 22:52:44 -0800
>
>Back to Basics:
>Isn't it true that TCP is connection-oriented & reliable and UDP is
>connectionless & best-effort?
>
>Reading about Cisco IDS I came across the following paragraph:
>
>"Communication between the Cisco Secure IDS Sensors and management consoles
>is
>provided by a proprietary, reliable UDP transport protocol that guarantees
>transmission to intended recipients and maintains connection status with
>all
>of the IDS components."
>
>http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/cc/pd/sqsw/sqidsz/prodlit/ids_qa.htm
>
>UDP, Reliable, and guarantee?
>This sounds more like TCP than UDP.
>Could some one help me out of this confusion please?
>
>Thanks
>Akim
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