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Quote: except for total partition, the Internet masks all transient failures; must protect the state about an on-going conversation

topics > all references > references c-d > QuoteRef: clarDD8_1988 , p. 108



Topic:
state machine
Topic:
Internet
Topic:
reliable communication
Topic:
reliability of distributed systems
Topic:
communication protocols

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at the top of [Internet] transport, there is … failure. To achieve this goal, the state information … I call this approach to reliability "fate-sharing". The … if at the same time, the entity itself … to the net and using its communication service. … There are two consequences … First, the intermediate packet switching nodes, or gateways, … Secondly, rather more trust is placed in the …   Google-1   Google-2

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Quote: fate-sharing--can loss state about an entity only if lose the entity itself; e.g., store synchronization information with the hosts and not the gateways, trust the host instead of the network

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