Shachar Shemesh wrote: > Baruch Even wrote: > > >>The best bet would be to use RED with ECN for TCP, this way you send the >>correct messages to the TCP layer without dropping downloaded packets. >> >> > > ECN uses two TCP flags that were considered "reserved" for decades > (literally). Last I heared (which was some while ago, I admit), some > firewalls freaked out when receiving TCP with ECN, which means that if > you enable ECN, there will be random sites you will not be able to > connect to.
This is true, but it does happen in the very fringes of the Internet. I have ECN enabled (for no real reason really) and I have not had any problem accessing anything. YMMV. Baruch ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
