Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: RFC3168, section 6.1.1.1 - ECN and retransmit of SYN | From | Mika Liljeberg <> | Date | 21 Feb 2003 23:43:58 +0200 |
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On Fri, 2003-02-21 at 22:40, John Bradford wrote: > > Supporting this would make using ECN a lot less painful - currently, if > > I want to use ECN by default, I get to turn it off anytime I find an > > ECN-hostile site that I'd like to communicate with. > > Linux shouldn't encourage the use of equipment that violates RFCs, in > this case, RFC 739. > > The correct way to deal with it, is to contact the maintainers of the > site, and ask them to fix the non conforming equipment.
That's right. Unfortunately, the way most people *will* deal with it is by turning ECN off permanently and forgetting about it. That won't help ECN become widely adopted.
MikaL
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