On Wed, Dec 06, 2000 at 11:40:47AM -0800, Nagaraj Bagepalli wrote:
> I am looking at the openssl code and there is a comment in ssl3_accept
> routine just before calling buffering bio which says "Buffering bio need
> to be pushed so that the output is sent in a way that TCP likes". What
> does this comment mean, is this related to the TCP Nagle algorithm?
>
> If this is related to Nagle algorithm, I assume there is no need for
> this buffering bio if Nagle algorithm is turned off in TCP. Is my
> assumption correct?
No. If the Nagle algorithm is turned off, then without this buffering
you'd get multiple smaller packets instead of one large packet.
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