On 2/16/2012 3:30 AM, Tony Finch wrote:
I think BEEP is insane. Masses of complexity just to avoid using multiple
concurrent TCP connections.
Having been involved in creating beep, I'm feeling obligated to respond
on this. I won't be saying anything that isn't pretty obvious, so the
real disparity is almost certainly personal interpretations of degree:
Multiple simultaneous TCP connections are highly problematic.
Especially for new protocols.
The real world of today's Internet makes it difficult to ensure proper
operation through firewalls and application gateways.
It would be very nice to fix this underlying problem, but until it's
fixed, then a new application that uses new TCP ports is not likely to
succeed.
d/
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Dave Crocker
bbiw.net
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