RE: [Algorithms] Gaming specific network protocols? (as alternatives to sitting on top of UDP / TCP)

[Chris B. \(BUNGIE\) <cbu...@mi...>]

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> From: gda...@li...
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> lis...@li...] On Behalf Of Brian Osman
> Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 07:01
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> Subject: Re: [Algorithms] Gaming specific network protocols? (as
> alternatives to sitting on top of UDP / TCP)
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>=20
> Yes. The Xbox Live setup has several benfits, but one of the big ones
> relates to things that have been discussed here recently. All Xbox
Live
> traffic is UDP -- even better, it's all on a single UDP port. So no
matter
> what game Joe Consumer is trying to play at home, at most he just
needs to
> tell his personal firewall to allow that one port to get through. And
> every
> single XBL game works.
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> I suspect that getting that sort of convenience would have been
difficult
> with an entirely new protocol.
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  Until we have pervasive IPv6 and the potential death of NAT, I think
that we will not see any new protocols emerge that are built on top of
IP and targeted at home consumers. There are simply too many unreliable
and/or restrictive devices out there.

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Chris Butcher
Networking & Simulation Lead
Halo 2 | Bungie Studios
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