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I believe he is speaking in terms of the legality of the RFC :-P |
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Andrew |
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-----Original Message----- |
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From: Paul Heinlein [mailto:heinlein@××××××.com] |
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Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2005 6:06 PM |
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To: gentoo-sparc@l.g.o |
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-sparc] SOLVED: TCP connect() times out |
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On Sun, 10 Jul 2005, David S. Miller wrote: |
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> You should inform the person running the firewall in between your |
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> two systems to get their stuff fixed. Silently dropping packets |
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> with the TCP ECN bits set is illegal. |
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OK. I'll bite. Can you provide me a pointer that spells out the |
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legal[1] ramifications of dropping ECN bits? |
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-- Paul Heinlein <heinlein@××××××.com> |
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[1] Legal in the sense of criminal or civil code, not in the sense of |
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RFC 3360. |
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