Re:TCP Sucks
by j-pb on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @04:00PM
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How can there be so much TCP bashing, without a mention of SCTP. I mean at least that's implemented in some
BSDs with ports available for other OSes.
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Sadly the state of the internet means that only TCP and UDP will be widely used for the foreseeable future. There are a quantity of old routers which just throw away protocols they don't know, and they don't know much.
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protocol_ossification
SCTP is deployed more widely than you think, all mobile network(3G/LTE/5G) use SCTP for varies signaling protocols like S1-MME
Yes but no. It is used in operator networks but that isn't on the Internet.
Re:TCP Sucks
by aSplash0fDerp on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @06:21PM
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I think you might be mistaken on the flexibility of the infrastructure.
I personally don't think IP (tcp and udp included) will be used on Internet 2.0. Theres just too much baggage with those protocols.
Perhaps we'll see Internet 1.5 leverage encapsulation and build a huge underlying canvas for new protocols to blossom, but we seem to be approaching the point where anything with an IP address is too much of a hassle to maintain and a longterm security liability/commitment.
Just moving IP to the borders of a network would open up space for more secure protocols.
Its probably time we put the middle one behind port 79 anyways.