Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 15 Jul 2001 15:28:28 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 15 Jul 2001 15:28:18 -0400 Received: from cx48762-a.cv1.sdca.home.com ([24.0.158.22]:24648 "EHLO train.sweet-haven.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 15 Jul 2001 15:28:11 -0400 Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2001 12:28:01 -0700 (PDT) From: Lew Wolfgang To: Steve VanDevender cc: George Bonser , Subject: RE: [PATCH] Linux default IP ttl In-Reply-To: <15185.57310.203036.847687@tzadkiel.efn.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, 15 Jul 2001, Steve VanDevender wrote: > To the extent that the Internet works today, it's because people have > chosen to do the right thing instead of just the thing that works. > Encouraging (not "bullying") other people to do the right thing is > always a good idea. However, sometimes doing the right thing will cause you to loose the war. I recall that early Solaris systems had a problem, the details of which I forget, where web browsers of a certain very large company would fail. Apparently the Solaris tcp-ip stack was strictly adhering to the RFC's, it was the other large company's stack that didn't conform. If memory serves, there was a raging discussion at the time about whether this non-conformance was intentional in an effort to target Solaris as an inferior web server platform. Solaris bowed to the inevitable. Thus, we have the possibility that parameters may get modified to gain competitive advantage. While it's nice to stand on principle, is that really what you want to do in this case? Regards, Lew Wolfgang - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/