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Subject: Re: Transaction TCP patch for Linux
To: ahu@ds9a.nl (bert hubert)
Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 01:06:04 +0000 (GMT)
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In-Reply-To: <20020210205957.A13073@outpost.ds9a.nl> from "bert hubert" at Feb 10, 2002 08:59:57 PM
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> > patch for Linux kernel 2.4.2. Is anyone interested in it or have
> > anything to say about T/TCP's pros and cons??
> 
> I've seen people state that T/TCP is fundamentally broken:
> http://groups.google.com/groups?q=alan+cox+%22t/tcp%22&hl=en&scoring=d&selm=linux.kernel.E14vGeS-0005Lu-00%40the-village.bc.nu&rnum=2
> http://www.xent.com/FoRK-archive/feb99/0255.html
> 
> So I'm not sure if it is worth implementing.

T/TCP in its current form is broken. Implementing it is still a fun exercise
for someone, and while nobody has pushed it forwards there is no reason to
believe it can't be fixed. You just have to write T/TCPv2 and draft the
rfc to fix it
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