Show HN: How did your computer reach my server?

Re:Show HN: How did your computer reach my server? by supermatt on Tuesday December 05, 2023 @11:19AM (#38532840)

This is "how your server reaches my computer but reversed" rather than "how my computer reaches your server". The routing in each direction will most likely be very different.

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Re:Show HN: How did your computer reach my server? by archmaster on Tuesday December 05, 2023 @11:22AM (#38532897)

Yeah, there is actually a whole section about this in the article! Called "Front to Back, Back to Front".

tl;dr in my experience the networks traversed are usually very similar, and the content is relevant and interesting either way around

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Re:Show HN: How did your computer reach my server? by Mountain_Skies on Tuesday December 05, 2023 @02:01PM (#38535383)

Back in the days of bang paths, it was interesting to see how different a sender's bang path might be to the bang path for your reply and try to figure out what network connection differences caused the asymmetry.

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