Re: [Cake] best way at getting at tcp ack data?

There's a much better way to achieve what you want anyway - ECN. - Jonathan Morton ___ Cake mailing list Cake@lists.bufferbloat.net https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/cake

Re: [Cake] best way at getting at tcp ack data?

No, because acks are cumulative. Dropping an ack doesn't normally trigger any retransmissions, and is actually difficult to detect reliably at the sender. - Jonathan Morton ___ Cake mailing list Cake@lists.bufferbloat.net https://lists.bufferbloat.net/l

Re: [Cake] best way at getting at tcp ack data?

After reading about ACK filtering, I have an idea and wonder if it is possible.  I only have basic knowledge about the TCP protocol. Instead of dropping TCP data packets, would it be possible to drop normal ACK packets to signal congestion? The sender would see that ACK packets are missing an