On Thu, 2003-12-11 at 16:05, Sally Floyd wrote: > One might hope that Linux implementors would make a better decision > next time around. The linux implementation actually helped have a _lot_ of broken devices fixed. I have ECN turned on always (for the last few years); i find broken devices once every few months as opposed to once every 2-3 hours when we first deployed. The last one was when i was a few weeks ago - the admin told me he will be upgrading the PIX firewall in the next week. So the Linux decision was infact a very good one. An award of some form is in order. Philosophically: One could argue that at the end a better network is one with less broken devices; and that a better interop really means conformance as opposed to adaptation to broken implementations. The main contention it seems is the definition of "reserved". Does it mean "reserved forever?" Or does it mean "reserved for future use?" and who defines what "future" means? Someone needs to write a draft on this topic. cheers, jamal