# Re: Seperating URC format and URN->URC resolution

Peter Deutsch (peterd@bunyip.com)
Fri, 29 Apr 1994 21:31:28 -0400

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    From: Peter Deutsch <peterd@bunyip.com>

    Date: Fri, 29 Apr 1994 21:31:28 -0400

    In-Reply-To: Michael Mealling's message as of Apr 28,  9:53

    To: ccoprmm@oit.gatech.edu (Michael Mealling), mitra@pandora.sf.ca.us (Mitra)

    Subject: Re: Seperating URC format and URN->URC resolution

[ Michael wrote: ]

> Mitra said this:
. . .
> > The big problem with this is speed, setting up a connection to a service
> > is a non-trivial exercise, with around a 1 second penalty (which is why
> > Prospero uses UDP).
>
> While I havn't actually given this much thought. What about a
> version of whois++ specifically restricted to run over UDP?

The main attraction of WHOIS++ seems to be its
attribute-value record oriented data model. If what you
want is to focus on the speed aspect (and in particular
minimize your connect time) then I suspect Prospero is be
something you should take a closer look at. It was
specifically designed using a connectionless model and even
runs atop a reliable datagram model (which UDP does not).
Code is available and it's been around for several years
now.

- peterd

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