Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 21:57:55 -0600 (MDT) From: Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com> To: mipam@ibb.net Cc: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>, "Vladimir Mencl, MK, susSED" <mencl@nenya.ms.mff.cuni.cz>, Ali Alaoui El Hassani <961BE653994@stud.alakhawayn.ma>, CrazZzy Slash <slash@krsu.edu.kg>, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG, Peter Pentchev <roam@orbitel.bg> Subject: Re: Encryption over IP Message-ID: <200009250357.VAA06561@nomad.yogotech.com> In-Reply-To: <20000924223816.F590@ibb0021.ibb.uu.nl> References: <Pine.SOL.3.96.1000924124712.12043B-100000@stud.alakhawayn.ma> <Pine.GSO.4.10.10009241509370.5033-100000@nenya.ms.mff.cuni.cz> <20000924205556.D590@ibb0021.ibb.uu.nl> <xzpitrly1o8.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <20000924223816.F590@ibb0021.ibb.uu.nl>
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> > Your throughput goes down the drain, but it works fine and it's easy > > to set up. And remember, sweeping generalizations are always wrong. > > > > Not really. > Tcp always assumes an unreliable carrier, which isnt the case in tcp > over tcp. This can cause problems in some situations. Actually, TCP in it's current incarnation assumes a 'reliable' connection where unreliability is caused by congestion, which it attempts to avoid. In general, the more reliable the carrier, the better TCP tends to work. Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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