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A connection between two hosts across a wide-area network can consist of many sessions over time, each called an incarnation. A connection is synchronized using a connection establishment protocol to allow a reliable exchange of data. A handshake mechanism is employed to establish the connection. This paper identifies the precise level of handshake needed under different assumptions on the nodes and on the network, using a formal model of connection management. In particular, the following parameters are studied: the size of the memory at the nodes, the amount of information retained between incarnations, and the existence of time constraints on the system. In each case, we either present a two-way handshake protocol, show that no two-way handshake protocol exists and give a three-way handshake protocol, or show that no protocol exists at all (regardless of the handshake level).
This research was partially supported by grant No. 92-0233 from the United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation (BSF), Jerusalem, Israel, Technion V.P.R.-Argentinian Research Fund and the fund for the promotion of research in the Technion.
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Attiya, H., Rappoport, R. (1994). The level of handshake required for establishing a connection. In: Tel, G., Vitányi, P. (eds) Distributed Algorithms. WDAG 1994. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 857. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0020433
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