Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 28 Jan 2001 08:56:09 +0000 (GMT) | From | James Sutherland <> | Subject | Re: ECN: Clearing the air (fwd) |
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I'm sure we all know what the IETF is, and where ECN came from. I haven't seen anyone suggesting ignoring RST, either: DM just imagined that, AFAICS.
The one point I would like to make, though, is that firewalls are NOT "brain-damaged" for blocking ECN: according to the RFCs governing firewalls, and the logic behind their design, blocking packets in an unknown format (i.e. with reserved bits set) is perfectly legitimate. Yes, those firewalls should be updated to allow ECN-enabled packets through. However, to break connectivity to such sites deliberately just because they are not supporting an *experimental* extension to the current protocols is rather silly.
James.
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