On Wed, Oct 30, 2002 at 06:26:10PM -0700, Jim Castleberry wrote: > Maybe a silly question: Couldn't Linux turn off ECN in retransmitted > SYN packets, so it would still work with sites that drop ECN packets > on the floor? If they were dropping the ECN-enabled packets, yes. However instead of dropping the packets, they are REJECTING the connection with a fully valid "I dont' want to talk to you". Retrying the connection without ECN would cause at least double traffic on connections that are legitimately refused. Roger. -- ** R.E.Wolff@BitWizard.nl ** http://www.BitWizard.nl/ ** +31-15-2600998 ** *-- BitWizard writes Linux device drivers for any device you may have! --* * The Worlds Ecosystem is a stable system. Stable systems may experience * * excursions from the stable situation. We are currently in such an * * excursion: The stable situation does not include humans. *************** - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
