[103610] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: "Does TCP Need an Overhaul?" (internetevolution, via slashdot)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Greg Skinner)
Tue Apr 8 19:45:01 2008
Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2008 23:33:14 +0000
From: Greg Skinner <gds@gds.best.vwh.net>
To: Marcin Cieslak <saper@saper.info>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <47FBFB7D.1010105@saper.info>; from saper@saper.info on Wed, Apr 09, 2008 at 01:10:53AM +0200
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On Wed, Apr 09, 2008 at 01:10:53AM +0200, Marcin Cieslak wrote:
> The problem is that fairness was probably never a design goal of TCP,
> even with Van Jacobson's congestion avoidance patch.
>
> Bob Briscoe is a member of the IETF Transport Working Group (TSVWG).
> This subject got some publicity and politics involved, but please see
> some real discussion on the TSVWG list, with my favorite answer highlighted:
This issue also got some publicity and politics on the IRTF end2end list.
For example, start at http://www.postel.org/pipermail/end2end-interest/2007-August/006925.html .
--gregbo
