[25839] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: should TCPs do MTU black hole detection?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Randy Bush)
Thu Nov 18 22:15:48 1999
From: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>
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To: "Alex P. Rudnev" <alex@virgin.relcom.eu.net>
Cc: Chris Cappuccio <chris@dqc.org>, Vern Paxson <vern@ee.lbl.gov>,
nanog@merit.edu
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Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1999 22:01:03 -0500
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>>>> yes-do-detection or no-we-want-the-problems-fixed.
>>>> Comments appreciated.
>>> I think that most ISP's would prefer that problems were fixed.
>> the choice seems
>> o when it breaks, the noc gets the call, debugs it, and it gets fixed
> 'it get fixed' if the problem is inside the network controlled by the
> NOC. If not??
noc tells user to lower mtu