Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 17:56:44 -0700 From: Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org> To: obrien@FreeBSD.org Cc: Brian Dean <bsd@bsdhome.com>, Jesper Skriver <jesper@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/netinet tcp_timer.c Message-ID: <20010613005644.79E8D380C@overcee.netplex.com.au> In-Reply-To: <20010612164602.A78220@dragon.nuxi.com>
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"David O'Brien" wrote: > On Tue, Jun 12, 2001 at 01:49:04PM -0400, Brian Dean wrote: > > > Modified files: (Branch: RELENG_4) > > > sys/netinet tcp_timer.c > > > Log: > > > MFC rev 1.44 > > > > > > Disable rfc1323 and rfc1644 TCP extensions if we havn't got > > > any response to our third SYN to work-around some broken > > > terminal servers (most of which have hopefully been retired) > > > that have bad VJ header compression code which trashes TCP > > > segments containing unknown-to-them TCP options. > > Rather than this, why is it we just don't require people to set > tcp_extensions="NO" for these rare occasions? I think thinks should be > more deterministic. If have tcp_extentions=YES than I want them on. The problem is that *everybody on the entire internet* has to set them to NO so that the people on broken terminal servers can work. Since Windoze etc use SACKok etc tcp options and Linux has rfc1323 on by default, this is hardly an issue now. Cheers, -Peter -- Peter Wemm - peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com; peter@netplex.com.au "All of this is for nothing if we don't go to the stars" - JMS/B5 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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