On Nov 30, 2019, at 15:32, Jonathan Morton <[email protected]> wrote: > > There are unfortunate problems with introducing new TCP options, in that some > overzealous firewalls block traffic which uses them. This would be a > deployment hazard for SCE, which merely using a spare header flag avoids. So > instead we are still planning to use the spare bit - which happens to be one > that AccECN also uses, but AccECN negotiates in such a way that SCE can > safely use it even with an AccECN capable partner.
This got me curious: Do you have any evidence that firewalls are friendlier to new flags than to new options? Grüße, Carsten _______________________________________________ Bloat mailing list [email protected] https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/bloat
