David Woolley <da...@ex.djwhome.demon.invalid> wrote: > For a start, if it dropped a source on the first missing reply it > would result in clock hopping, which is undesirable. UDP is > unrliable, and you cannot rely on getting every query returned.
In that sense then, even TCP is unreliable for it cannot guarantee getting every query returned. What distinguishes TCP from UDP is that TCP will make multiple attempts to deliver the data and then signal the probable (but not certain) non-delivery of data. rick jones -- oxymoron n, commuter in a gas-guzzling luxury SUV with an American flag these opinions are mine, all mine; HP might not want them anyway... :) feel free to post, OR email to rick.jones2 in hp.com but NOT BOTH... _______________________________________________ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions
