art@ACC.ARPA (08/27/87)
>Distributed systems with symmetric processes that automatically seek >to link to each other (no master/slave relationship) would use the >simul-OPEN style. It was designed into TCP for that purpose; I do not >know, however, whether any actual applications have made use of this >feature. > >Vint Vint, We have developed systems that live on TCP/IP networks and communicate with each other in a symetric peer fashion. When one of these boxes starts up, it attempts to open TCP connections with its peers. The connection attempt starts actively by sending SYNs. If the remote end doesn't respond, the TCP port goes into LISTEN, assuming that the other end will eventually initiate the connection. Art Berggreen art@acc.arpa ------