[Full-disclosure] back to high value targets

[coderman]

On Jan 31, 2008 2:43 PM, coderman <coderman at gmail.com> wrote:
> ...
> > On a somewhat related note, it's always been my guess that very little
> > net traffic, relatively speaking, is carried over satellites due to the
> > distance and lag issues. Is this a foolish notion?
>
> i don't know figures (anyone?) but this tends to be the case.  sats
> are great for broadcast relay, but suck for low latency bi-directional
> comms.  however, they do make useful backups.  how else are you going
> to get data back and forth across the planet when those fibers get
> sliced?

forgot to mention, they are definitely used for data, i just don't
know how much.  Mentat even provides a dedicated appliance with
modified TCP like reliable stream delivery over sat links to
accommodate the long, wide pipe characteristics of satellite
transport.

your typical TCP stack will severely under-utilize a sat link due to
the latencies involved.