Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 12:05:39 -0700 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com> Cc: Attila Nagy <bra@fsn.hu>, Tomas Svensson <tsn@gbdev.net>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sendfile() in tftpd? Message-ID: <3CC5B083.B9624E36@mindspring.com> References: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0204231521120.24266-100000@scribble.fsn.hu> <3CC59C44.13013A1E@mindspring.com> <15557.40442.852602.681416@caddis.yogotech.com> <3CC5A999.A1A4D313@mindspring.com> <15557.43653.372778.443036@caddis.yogotech.com>
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Nate Williams wrote: > > Maybe 802.11b. 8-(. > > Exactly! Or, something that boots remotely over satellite (for easier > maintenance). Or cable modems, booting from the cable plant. Actually, there's a lot of uses, the more you think about it, even though I think you'd have to be pretty insane to let someone dictate what software you run in your network access device. I guess cell phone users put up with it, though... it looks like Verizon and Qualcomm and a couple of others are now writing their contracts so they can download new crap to your phone and rearrrange your menus without your permission, or make you have to scroll through an advertisement before you can dial, etc.. I just keep thinking of some jerk on my cable segment responding to the "boot me" request, and proxying to the real cable plant. 8-(. > > The specific problem here is that "UDP is ``too slow''"; it looks > > like a classic "Doctor, it hurts when I do this...". 8-) 8-). > > Actually, UDP is actually *faster* than TCP in these sorts of > environments, if you know what you are doing. :) :) :) :) > > Overhead during a demo of my former company was demo'ing a product to a > client, while the client was talking to our competitor. > > 'Hmm, how come your product doesn't do anything, when their product > seems to be working fine here.....'. 8-) 8-). I love that when that happens... "Um, uh, er...". -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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