El 31/05/14 14:43, danimoth escribió: > On 31/05/14 at 02:14pm, Christian Mayer wrote: >> On Sat, May 31, 2014 at 1:24 PM, davidroman96 <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> For the "POC" we are using UDP. UDP only can send small packets of >>> ~64kb, therefore, it can be used for a chat but is too slow to download >>> big files. We have sacrified speed to increase anonymity and privacity. >>> We have "tested" it in a small group of people and for this reason we >>> can not say if it works or not, but in theory it works! >>> >> "tested"? Any source code to show? > I missed that part completely. What does it mean that "UDP is too slow > because of packet size of 64 kb" ? To me, it seems an ugly claim. > Do you know that ethernet will fragment it in pieces of ~1 kb, and the > most common segment size on the Internet is around 500 bytes ? > TCP maximum segment size is also 16 bit long.. Your proposal requires > a modification of the most transport protocols of the internet, and > IPv6 with jumbo frames? > > Really, take a look onto DC nets, they are quite old but far superior to > your proposal (but they have some drawbacks). > > I see too much approximation, I'm sorry. >
I say that UDP is slow not because of the size, because of send a file of 8GB with broadcast packets that maybe take some minutes to reach the destination. I know that the are a lot of problems... PD: Thank you for the responses
