Daniel Stenberg wrote:

> > we have measured the CONNECTION_TIME against PING and didn't get the same
> > results.
>
> So? It performs a full TCP/IP connect (3-way), I would assume that is always
> a lot slower than a mere ping response (ICMP ECHO REPLY).

Further to the point, the TCP connect may even be subject to the TCP Slow
Start algorithm (as described in RFC 2581.)

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Received on 2003-04-06