- From: Tapan Divekar <tapan_divekar@hotmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2001 17:19:02 -0000
- To: joris.dobbelsteen@mail.com
- Cc: http-wg@cuckoo.hpl.hp.com
Hi Joris, > >The issue is that HTTP needs a connection-oriented transport. >Using UDP would mean that you need some sort of connection-management... > >So why use UDP? I have a device that supports only UDP kind of server side sockets. So I have to use UDP. > >Note that UDP is a complete different protocol than TCP, even if they have >the same range of port numbers (and have ports). Yes, I know , but since I had to use UDP, I was thinking on that track Tapan > >- Joris > >-----Original Message----- >From: Tapan Divekar [mailto:tapan_divekar@hotmail.com] >Sent: Friday, 01 June 2001 20:20 >To: http-wg@cuckoo.hpl.hp.com >Subject: http over udp? > > >has anyone tried to use http over udp. >i have a device which has only udp type server sockets. it doenst have TCP >ones. >I want to reach that device using netscape/ IE (any browser). >since HTTP is based over TCP , my UDP listener at my device's end wont >receive packets sent over netscape. > >Any ideas? >Thanks >Tapan >_________________________________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. > >
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