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Jason Thorpe <thorpej@shagadelic.org> writes:

> On Nov 16, 2006, at 6:35 AM, Steven M. Bellovin wrote:
>
>> "RED" is an output interface queueing discipline (it stands for, as I
>> recall, "Random Early Drop", though the altq.conf file says "Random
>> Early
>> Detection").
>
> I've always viewed this terminology discrepancy this way:
>
> - From a router's point of view, it's Random Early Drop.
>
> - From an endpoint's point of view, it's Random Early Detection (of
> congestion).

Sally consitently uses "detection", and that should be definitive.

http://www.icir.org/floyd/red.html

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    Greg Troxel <gdt@ir.bbn.com>

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