Am Friday 13 August 2004 22:05 schrieb Damian Menscher: Hi,
> other ideas. But still, checking DNS for an update means a single UDP > packet each way (which might even get cached). In the propose use case the DNS info is most probably cached by the next ISP already. > Downloading the first > 512 bytes requires something like: > > SYN > SYN-ACK > ACK > PUSH (request for data) > ACK (response with data) > FIN > FIN-ACK > ACK > > Plus, the server needs to handle the stateful connection. > Seems a lot worse when you look at it this way. ;) It uses at least 3 orders of magnitude more resources and of course does also not scale that well. Regards, -- martin Dipl.-Phys. Martin Konold e r f r a k o n Erlewein, Frank, Konold & Partner - Beratende Ingenieure und Physiker Nobelstrasse 15, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany fon: 0711 67400963, fax: 0711 67400959 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by Shop4tech.com-Lowest price on Blank Media 100pk Sonic DVD-R 4x for only $29 -100pk Sonic DVD+R for only $33 Save 50% off Retail on Ink & Toner - Free Shipping and Free Gift. http://www.shop4tech.com/z/Inkjet_Cartridges/9_108_r285 _______________________________________________ Clamav-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/clamav-users
