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Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] back to high value targets
From: coderman <coderman () gmail ! com>
Date: 2008-01-31 22:59:30
Message-ID: 4ef5fec60801311459xba42b14h34ebca0bfc8eafd3 () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Jan 31, 2008 2:43 PM, coderman <coderman@gmail.com> wrote:
> ...
> > On a somewhat related note, it's always been my guess that very little
> > net traffic, relatively speaking, is carried over satellites due to the
> > distance and lag issues. Is this a foolish notion?
>
> i don't know figures (anyone?) but this tends to be the case. sats
> are great for broadcast relay, but suck for low latency bi-directional
> comms. however, they do make useful backups. how else are you going
> to get data back and forth across the planet when those fibers get
> sliced?
forgot to mention, they are definitely used for data, i just don't
know how much. Mentat even provides a dedicated appliance with
modified TCP like reliable stream delivery over sat links to
accommodate the long, wide pipe characteristics of satellite
transport.
your typical TCP stack will severely under-utilize a sat link due to
the latencies involved.
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