In a recent note, "Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)" said: > Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2005 11:29:52 -0500 > > >Some misconfigured 'black hole' > >routers will silently drop packets or otherwise garble the data. > > Wouldn't TCP catch such? > Most TCPs. Not necessarily IBM's. To be fair, they fix such bugs as they're reported, if they can reproduce them. It's getting steadily better, but the bitter memories fade slowly.
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