Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 10:37:56 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: davidg@Root.COM Cc: luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why RFC1323 is disabled on freefall and freebsd.cdrom.com ? Message-ID: <199601291737.KAA03741@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <199601291004.CAA29539@Root.COM> from "David Greenman" at Jan 29, 96 02:04:06 am
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> >I was wondering why RFC1323 timestamps are disabled on both freefall > >and freebsd.cdrom.com > > > >I know one reason not to have them is that they defeat VJ header > >compression, but I don't see the point in having them disabled on > >freebsd.cdrom.com > > > >If there are no good reasons, could they be enabled ? > > It is disabled on both machines because they are public FTP/WWW servers, > and RFC1323 (and other TCP extensions) don't work for all people. I thought it was because it defeated compression for PPP. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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