Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S936719AbWLKRms (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Dec 2006 12:42:48 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S937072AbWLKRms (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Dec 2006 12:42:48 -0500 Received: from outpipe-village-512-1.bc.nu ([81.2.110.250]:49256 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S936719AbWLKRmr convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Dec 2006 12:42:47 -0500 Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 17:50:39 +0000 From: Alan To: Malte =?UTF-8?B?U2NocsO2ZGVy?= Cc: Jan Engelhardt , Benny Amorsen , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Window scaling problem? Message-ID: <20061211175039.015305b2@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <200612111829.49469.MalteSch@gmx.de> References: <200612111829.49469.MalteSch@gmx.de> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 2.6.0 (GTK+ 2.8.20; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 736 Lines: 17 On Mon, 11 Dec 2006 18:29:44 +0100 Malte Schröder wrote: > Isn't window scaling something that the tcp-stacks on both ends of the > connection do? AFAIK the routers and firewalls that push the packets around > have nothing to do with it .. but I could be wrong ;) Correct. You've just proved you are more qualified than some firewall product designers. Some "firewall" products like to tamper with the TCP stream however, or are just too stupid to parse options. Alan - 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/