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SubjectRe: my broken TCP is faster on broken networks
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> What about going from exponential to a linearly increasing
> timeout? Ie. timeouts of 1, 2, 3, 4 etc... Since most
> 'timeouts' will be because of dropped packets, and since

A linear timeout can cause a congestive collapse of the entire network.
TCP is actually as aggressive as it is safe to be.

> a lot of links are a _lot_ of hops, this algorithm might
> approach reality a lot better. The upper bound should probably
> be at 4 or 8 times RTT.

And the RTT is an estimated variable, not always available and constantly
behind the truth.

Alan


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