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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
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Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
or previous employers.



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