From: Shachar Shemesh (shachar_at_nonexisting.hamakor.org.il)
Date: Mon 23 Jan 2006 - 16:48:36 IST
Baruch Even wrote:
>The best bet would be to use RED with ECN for TCP, this way you send the
>correct messages to the TCP layer without dropping downloaded packets.
>
>
ECN uses two TCP flags that were considered "reserved" for decades
(literally). Last I heared (which was some while ago, I admit), some
firewalls freaked out when receiving TCP with ECN, which means that if
you enable ECN, there will be random sites you will not be able to
connect to.
Shachar
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