Re: my broken TCP is faster on broken networks

Re: my broken TCP is faster on broken networks

[jamal]

Theodore Y. Ts'o (tytso@MIT.EDU) Fri, 11 Sep 1998 18:36:43 -0400 

>I don't normally follow the TCP implementor's working group (*), so I
>don't know if they actually followed through on his suggestion;
>Matthais's note seems to indicate that they did.


I think it is just considered good practise to punish misbehaving users
at the moment. Not sure if any vendor has implemented anything yet.

There is an informational RFC out:
http://info.internet.isi.edu:80/in-notes/rfc/files/rfc2309.txt

Unfortunately, they dont mention remedies for misbehaving flows. They do
suggest RED; however, there are variants of RED that exist with specific
intention of punishing misbehaving users.

A really interesting pointer page is at:
http://www-nrg.ee.lbl.gov/floyd/tcp_unfriendly.html


cheers,
jamal


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