fixing TCP buffers (Re: packet reordering at exchange points)

Wed Apr 10 01:12:30 UTC 2002

On Wed, Apr 10, 2002 at 12:57:19AM +0000, E.B. Dreger wrote:
> 
> Unless, again, there's some sort of limit.  32 MB total, 512
> connections, each socket gets 64 kB until it proves its worth.
> Sockets don't get to play the RED-ish game until they _prove_
> that they're serious about sucking down data.
> 
> Once a socket proves its intentions (and periodically after
> that), it gets to use a BIG buffer, so we find out just how fast
> the connection can go.

That doesn't prevent an intentional local DoS though.

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