"Does TCP Need an Overhaul?" (internetevolution, via slashdot)
Charles N Wyble
charles at thewybles.com
Sat Apr 5 18:36:43 UTC 2008
On Sat, 5 Apr 2008, Kevin Day wrote:
> On Apr 4, 2008, at 8:51 PM, Paul Vixie wrote:
>>
>> What is really necessary is to detect just the flows that need to
>> slow
>> down, and selectively discard just one packet at the right time, but
>> not more, per TCP cycle. Discarding too many will cause a flow to
>> stall -- we see this when Web access takes forever.
>> ...
>>
I suggest reading the excellent page:
"High-Speed TCP Variants":
http://kb.pert.geant2.net/PERTKB/TcpHighSpeedVariants
[Charles N Wyble]
Hank,
This is in fact an excellent resource. Thanks for sharing it!
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