Subject: Re: unconnected inpcb and redirects
To: Darren Reed <darrenr@reed.wattle.id.au>
From: Ignatios Souvatzis <is@beverly.kleinbus.org>
List: tech-net
Date: 12/26/2000 21:58:56
On Wed, Dec 27, 2000 at 07:50:16AM +1100, Darren Reed wrote:
> Bill S:
> > When in doubt, make them tuneable.. One redirect/pmtu route per
> > active socket would be reasonable for a primarily tcp-based workload,
> > though not for a udp-based workload...
>
> What's the logic over this being different for TCP vs UDP ?
> Last I checked, packets were routed, not circuits.
TCP sockets are always connected (unless listening). UDP sockets can be
one-to-many. So I'd expect only one legitimated route per sending TCP socket,
while a UDP socket can used many routes to send to.
Regards,
-is