>You haven't said anything at all that indicates that it's in some way 
>"sub-optimal," as you put it.  exactly what does it do wrong?

>I, for one, wasn't aware of any problem, and besides asserting that
>there is one you've provided no further information.

I'll go so far as to say that, when I wasn't using a Linux box as an
intermediary, I thought rfc 1323 improved my long-distance performance
greatly.

(Between me and sup.netbsd.org.)

-s