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

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