Re: UDP and TCP

zimmerma@wi.hs-wismar.de writes:

>Hi,
>
>can someone explain the internal difference between an UDP- and a
>TCP-Hit logging ?
>The longer I look at the log files the more I get confused by them.
>
>I thought a parent is asked via UDP if an object is in its cache and if
>so the object is requestet via TCP (expecting UDP_OBJ_HIT). Isn't it ?
>
>The Release-Note says:
>
>TCP_HIT A valid copy of the requested object was in the cache
>and
>UDP_HIT A valid copy of the requested object was in the cache
>
>So, where is the difference ?

the difference is that "TCP" really means HTTP and "UDP" really means
ICP. An HTTP request can result in a TCP_HIT and an ICP request
can result in an UDP_HIT.

Duane W.
Received on Tue Jan 21 1997 - 08:24:30 MST