On Tue, Apr 02, 2002 at 06:04:24PM +0200, Maciej Soltysiak wrote: > > No. If you drop packets randomly you will break existing connetions.
No you won't. Not on a working (read: bug free) TCP stack you won't anyway. TCP was designed to handle unreliable networks where packet loss happens. If dropped TCP packets broke connections, the Internet would break. It simply would not work -- at all. The Internet is chock full of networks that drop packets, both occaisonally and frequently. > If you drop incomming SYN packets, > it is okay, This is NOT OK. If you drop incoming SYN packets you will prevent TCP connections from getting established. > but one connection > can eat > up lots of bandwith anyway. Not if it's regulated. > I recommend using Class Based Queueing. Please read Advanced Routing > HOWTO. Of course, this is a good suggestion too. b. -- Brian J. Murrell
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