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Re: Ignorant mass-media strikes again


From: "Michael P. Lyle" <icee () phoenix lyle org>
Date: Wed, 9 Dec 1998 14:55:46 -0800

I bet Ms. Thorton never heard that TCP can preserve idle connections
when dial-up link is down.  Yeah, dial-on-demand is such a hard thing
to do!

Well, yes.  But if you're on a dynamic IP, good luck at getting the 
answers to your packets when you call up and are assigned a new IP.

Having your connection time out CAN be a pain.

Mike

-- 
Michael P. Lyle
Security Architect
Exodus Communications, Inc.


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