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Date:      Fri, 17 Oct 2003 17:04:14 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Carl Mascott <cmascott@att.net>
To:        oppermann@pipeline.ch
Cc:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: TCP window size issues
Message-ID:  <200310172104.h9HL4EK3000733@callisto.local>
In-Reply-To: <3F9040AC.7F117AFA@pipeline.ch>

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Actually I have just fixed it in my copy of 4.8-R.  I have a document
that describes the problem and my solution.  I could send you that
and/or a set of patches.  You might want to sketch out your own
solution before you look at mine, though.  Also, I'm not done
testing mine yet.

> Carl Mascott wrote:
> > 
> > 2. The 4.4BSD TCP implementation has never had the correct precedence
> >    rules for setting window sizes.  App-set values should take
> >    precedence over all others.  Routing table values should take
> >    precedence over kernel default values.  The fix for PR 11966
> >    alters the behavior but still doesn't implement these precedence
> >    rules.
>
> I'll fix this in my tcp_hostcache patch currently under review by
> Sam Leffler and Ruslan Ermilov (however that is for -CURRENT).



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