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Re: Strange question (was: Help, I have some datacom questions)

  • From: manfredi@arl.bna.boeing.com
  • Date: Wed, 30 Apr 1997 14:21:49 -0600


In article <5k3v14$4oq$1@dismay.ucs.indiana.edu>,
  Patrick Hurley <patrick.hurley@wco.com> wrote:

> > > 25.   What do connection-oriented services use instead of global
addressing?
> >
> > This is one question that makes no sense to me. First of all, what do they
> > call "connection-oriented services" (does the Web qualify, since it uses
> > connection-oriented TCP/IP)?
> >
> > Also, if TCP/IP is not what they have in mind, then what global scheme are
> > they thinking of that doesn't use global addressing?

> I think it is referring to e.164 type addressing and some
> implementations of addressing for ATM that do not use global addressing,
> as an example, for PVCs.

Perhaps, but the points I was trying to make are the following. First I'll
repeat the original question, to make things easier.

> > > 25.   What do connection-oriented services use instead of global
addressing?

1. TCP/IP is "connection-oriented." It uses global addressing.

2. ATM is (virtual) circuit switched. It uses global addressing (E.164 or
other schemes).

While it's true that a special case of ATM, specifically a PVC, doesn't
need any global addressing, since it's essentially a dedicated line, that
question still makes no sense.

Bert
manfredi@arl.bna.boeing.com

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