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    SubjectRe: ECN: Clearing the air (fwd)
    On Sun, Jan 28, 2001 at 01:29:52PM +0000, James Sutherland wrote:
    > > There is nothing silly with the decision, davem is simply a modern day
    > > internet hero.
    >
    > No. If it were something essential, perhaps, but it's just a minor
    > performance tweak to cut packet loss over congested links. It's not
    > IPv6. It's not PMTU. It's not even very useful right now!

    No. ECN is essential to the continued stability of the Internet. Without
    probabilistic queuing (i.e. RED) and ECN the Internet will continue to have
    retransmit synchronization and once congested stay congested until people get
    frustrated and give it up for a little bit.

    It's a real issue, and it's actually important to have it implemented. It's
    not just a performance hack.
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