[103549] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: "Does TCP Need an Overhaul?" (internetevolution, via slashdot)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Charles N Wyble)
Sat Apr 5 14:40:46 2008
From: "Charles N Wyble" <charles@thewybles.com>
To: <nanog@merit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0804052046340.3196@efes.iucc.ac.il>
Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2008 11:36:43 -0700
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On Sat, 5 Apr 2008, Kevin Day wrote:
> On Apr 4, 2008, at 8:51 PM, Paul Vixie wrote:
>>
>> What is really necessary is to detect just the flows that need to
>> slow
>> down, and selectively discard just one packet at the right time, but
>> not more, per TCP cycle. Discarding too many will cause a flow to
>> stall -- we see this when Web access takes forever.
>> ...
>>
I suggest reading the excellent page:
"High-Speed TCP Variants":
http://kb.pert.geant2.net/PERTKB/TcpHighSpeedVariants
[Charles N Wyble]
Hank,
This is in fact an excellent resource. Thanks for sharing it!
