[131867] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: RINA - scott whaps at the nanog hornets nest :-)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jack Bates)
Sat Nov 6 18:05:13 2010
Date: Sat, 06 Nov 2010 17:05:00 -0500
From: Jack Bates <jbates@brightok.net>
To: George Bonser <gbonser@seven.com>
In-Reply-To: <5A6D953473350C4B9995546AFE9939EE0B14C7DB@RWC-EX1.corp.seven.com>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On 11/6/2010 4:52 PM, George Bonser wrote:
>
> That is also somewhat mitigated in that it operates in two modes. The
> first mode is what I would call "passive" mode and only comes into play
> once a black hole is detected. It does not change the operation of TCP
> until a packet disappears. The second method is the "active" mode where
> it actively probes with increasing packet sizes until it hits a black
> hole or gets an ICMP response.
>
>
While it reads well, what implementations are actually in use? As with
most protocols, it is useless if it doesn't have a high penetration.
Jack
