From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 3 01:04:14 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4686416B9B9; Sun, 3 Jul 2005 01:03:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ps@mu.org) Received: from elvis.mu.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A85944DA1; Sun, 3 Jul 2005 00:56:48 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ps@mu.org) Received: by elvis.mu.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id D0DEA5DB23; Sat, 2 Jul 2005 17:07:37 -0700 (PDT) X-Original-To: ps@mu.org Delivered-To: ps@mu.org Received: from mx2.freebsd.org (mx2.freebsd.org [216.136.204.119]) by elvis.mu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 565735C99C for ; Fri, 5 Nov 2004 08:08:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from hub.freebsd.org (hub.freebsd.org [216.136.204.18]) by mx2.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1576256310; Fri, 5 Nov 2004 16:08:47 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-arch@freebsd.org) Received: from hub.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 02B9016A4CE; Fri, 5 Nov 2004 16:08:46 +0000 (GMT) Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D9FE316A4CE; Fri, 5 Nov 2004 16:08:43 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.net (custpop.ca.mci.com [142.77.1.111]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 288B543D49; Fri, 5 Nov 2004 16:08:43 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kfl@xiphos.ca) Received: from [216.95.199.148] (account kfl@xiphos.ca HELO [192.168.1.7]) by mail.net (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.5) with ESMTP id 26420170; Fri, 05 Nov 2004 11:08:42 -0500 Message-ID: <418BA8DC.4040101@xiphos.ca> From: Karim Fodil-Lemelin User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20040910 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Julian Elischer References: <20041022182430.31A2B1EF3BF@lawyers.icir.org> <418A6FDC.5010204@xiphos.ca> <418A9699.6050603@elischer.org> In-Reply-To: <418A9699.6050603@elischer.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Errors-To: owner-freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.0 (2004-09-13) on elvis.mu.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.0.0 X-Spam-Level: Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org, mallman@icir.org, Andre Oppermann , freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Removing T/TCP and replacing it with something simpler X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2005 01:04:14 -0000 X-Original-Date: Fri, 05 Nov 2004 11:22:52 -0500 X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2005 01:04:14 -0000 Our product is a TCP/IP accelerator for satellite communications please see http://www.xiplink.com/technology/xiplink_technology-datasheet.html. Also, please see http://www.scps.org/scps/ for an explanation of our Transport layer implementation. BTW, The marketing dep has renamed T/TCP to fast start and we actually made some modifications to FreeBSD's T/TCP but the rfc1644 principles are the same. Julian Elischer wrote: > > > Karim Fodil-Lemelin wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I am jumping in here, was too busy to read the list for the last 2 >> weeks, so please excuse my intrusion. We are using T/TCP in our >> product line and are very happy with the performance gain. Could you >> tell me what is the rational for removing T/TCP >> (security/performances/code complexity, etc ..) from FreeBSD? >> >> Again, sorry for being a bit off topic here. > > > > what a pitty you didn't notice while it was under discussion: :-( Yes It is although we are very flexible and so a replacement might be as good if not better then what we have now. Especially from a code and security perspective. We have always appreciated BSD Engineering process and I believe that until we get to see FreeBSD 6.x STABLE we will be more then ready. > > > We couldn't find anyone using it... > > what is your product? > > > -- Karim Fodil-Lemelin Lead Programmer Xiphos Technologies Inc. (514) 848-9640 x223 (514) 848-9644 fax www.xiplink.com -------------------------------------------------------------- The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. If you have received this in error, please contact the sender and delete this communication and any copy immediately. Thank you. _______________________________________________ freebsd-arch@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-arch To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-arch-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"