Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 21:05:01 +0200 From: Andre Oppermann <andre@freebsd.org> To: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> Cc: mallman@icir.org Subject: Re: Removing T/TCP and replacing it with something simpler Message-ID: <4178085D.898E981D@freebsd.org> References: <20041021173145.1AE6477A9D0@guns.icir.org> <4177F875.2822A51E@freebsd.org> <417806F2.50607@elischer.org>
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Julian Elischer wrote: > > Andre Oppermann wrote: > > >Mark Allman wrote: > > > > > >>>Thus after the removal of T/TCP for the reasons above I want to provide > >>>a work-alike replacement for T/TCP's functionality: > >>> > >>> > >>I haven't fully digested this yet. But, I'll voice my distaste for > >>implementing things that just seem to "Make Sense". That's a model that > >>has been used and is used by other operating systems and those of us who > >>watch packets can attest that things that "Make Sense" often don't and > >>likely would have benefitted by a bit more thought and a bit more > >>vetting. I would be happier if something like this were vetted out a > >>bit more (written up, digested by folks, etc.) before it went into > >>anything but someone's experimental kernel. Just my two cents. > >> > >> > > > >Sure. To make you sleep better it will be disabled by default (like > >T/TCP) and possibly even not compliled in by default (#ifdef'd). If > >enabled and compiled in it does not automatically enable itself for all > >and everything. The application has to enable it on the socket as well. > > > >A writeup will follow once I get there. I made this request before I > >start working on it to prevent to waste my time on it if people wanted > >to religiously stick to T/TCP. > > > > > > couldn't you do it with a spoofing interface? > i.e. tcp sessions going through get turned into something that loks like > ttcp > on the wire and converted back at teh other end? You failed the FUD test at the bottom of my email. -- Andre
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