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Re: Questions about Internet Packet Losses
From: Paul A Vixie <paul () vix com>
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 10:20:51 -0800
One of the nice things about proxy servers and web caches is they mask end user host stack inadequacy, and thus (I allege) tend to increase MTUs and encourage better network utilization (in additional to the normal benefits of caching).
Proxy servers can also maintain persistent long/medium term HTTP 1.1 connections that the clients are too dumb to maintain themselves, thus getting streaming without requiring client upgrades. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Current thread:
- Questions about Internet Packet Losses Bob Metcalfe (Jan 13)
- Re: Questions about Internet Packet Losses Tony Li (Jan 13)
- Re: Questions about Internet Packet Losses Craig Labovitz (Jan 13)
- Re: Questions about Internet Packet Losses John W. Stewart III (Jan 13)
- Re: Questions about Internet Packet Losses Bakul Shah (Jan 13)
- Re: Questions about Internet Packet Losses Alex.Bligh (Jan 14)
- Re: Questions about Internet Packet Losses Tony Li (Jan 14)
- Re: Questions about Internet Packet Losses Paul A Vixie (Jan 14)
- Re: Questions about Internet Packet Losses Michael Dillon (Jan 14)
- Re: Questions about Internet Packet Losses Paul A Vixie (Jan 14)
- Re: Questions about Internet Packet Losses Tony Li (Jan 13)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: Questions about Internet Packet Losses Vadim Antonov (Jan 13)
- Re: Questions about Internet Packet Losses Tony Li (Jan 13)
- Re: Questions about Internet Packet Losses Michael Dillon (Jan 13)
- Re: Questions about Internet Packet Losses Vadim Antonov (Jan 13)
- Re: Questions about Internet Packet Losses Vern Paxson (Jan 13)
- Re: Questions about Internet Packet Losses Tony Li (Jan 13)