March 17, 2004

Do packets experience culture shock?

I'm using Safari on my iMac to access a java client on a Linux machine which runs Citrix on a Windows machine on which I'm running Internet Explorer to connect to a web-based app running on another Windows machine. On the way, I'm going through my Linux firewall/router, and a Cisco firewall on the other end. I don't even know what all is between here and there.

I wonder if packets have an OS preference. I can just picture the packets sitting around arguing about what OS treats them best.

Posted by rbowen at March 17, 2004 07:51 AM | TrackBack
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Or the complaints:

"Oy - I've been lugging these extra headers around for *milliseconds*. Tunnel through this. Encapsulate that. Make up your frickin' minds! Just once I'd like to have a nice easy days of ping localhost... (sigh.)"

Posted by: phydeaux on March 17, 2004 11:33 AM

oops - s/days of ping/day of pinging/

That's what I get for not proofreading.

Posted by: phydeaux on March 17, 2004 11:34 AM
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