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Subject: Re: TCP problem
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From: Dave Marquardt <marquard@zilker.net>
Date: 09 Oct 1997 08:02:41 -0500
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David Greenman <dg@root.com> writes:
> >// > these, anyway. You'll see the best performance at the default of
> >// > 16KB.
> >// 
> >// > So, what's the good thing about RFC1323 ?
> >// 
> >// Both, RFC 1323 and the socket buffer space size,  are not related at all.
> >
> >1) RFC1323 deals mostly with large windows.
> 
>    Actually, only about 1/3rd of RFC 1323 deals with extending the window
> size. The other 2/3rds deal with other extensions to improve performance
> (selective ACK and better round-trip time measurement). ...but this hardly
> matters of course.

Selective ACK?  I thought that didn't come out until recently....

-Dave