Subject: Re: TCP/SACK support.
To: Jonathan Stone <jonathan@dsg.stanford.edu>
From: Perry E. Metzger <perry@piermont.com>
List: tech-net
Date: 01/06/2005 18:23:43
Jonathan Stone <jonathan@dsg.stanford.edu> writes:
> In message <87llb68b2x.fsf@snark.piermont.com>,
> "Perry E. Metzger" writes:
>
>>Jonathan Stone <jonathan@dsg.stanford.edu> writes:
>>> But there are a number of other implementations of SACK for the BSD
>>> TCP stack, some of which have been widely tested, deployed, and not
>>> least, had some review by leading members TCP/IP research community.
>>
>>SACK is not like slow start or what have you -- it doesn't need
>>careful tuning and there aren't subtle bugs you can introduce in
>>careful calculations.
>
> Nope.  For starters, you should re-read the message Pavel already

I understand SACK already, Jonathan, but thanks for the concern.

Perry