Greg, I think you confuse me with one who understands... :-) I got lost in the initial-rrhea again. What advantages would one have using "IMAP" over a VPN.
Just for the record, I do know what VPN,TCP,UDP,POP,FTP,HTTP mean. But I'm fuzzy on IMAP,LDAP. :-) Kevin On 8/11/05, Gregory Woodhouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think a bigger issue is VPN. These may not be the specific > protocols, but consider running IMAP and LDAP over a VPN (TCP or > UDP). For Internet mail, I use a combination of POP (at least right > now) and IMAP without using LDAP. But I do need to be able to connect > to Exchange, and I'm guessing it has performance characteristics > similar to IMAP + LDAP. Other typical usage scenarios (not over VPN) > include FTP uploads and downloads, web browsing, and occasional HTTP > downloads in the 100 MB to 1 GB range. Finally, good multimedia > support (e.g., streaming audio/video) is a plus. > > === > Gregory Woodhouse > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." > --Sir Arthur Conan Doyle > > > > On Aug 11, 2005, at 6:40 AM, Kevin Toppenberg wrote: > > > If you are talking about netwoking for CPRS, then latency is the big > > issue, far outweighing bandwidth issues. CPRS chatters back and forth > > to the server, so latency times are multiplied many times over, > > leading to sluggish responce. > > > > Kevin > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO > September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices > Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA > Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf > _______________________________________________ > Hardhats-members mailing list > Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members > ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
