6 Nov
2010
6 Nov
'10
6:05 p.m.
On 11/6/2010 4:52 PM, George Bonser wrote:
That is also somewhat mitigated in that it operates in two modes. The first mode is what I would call "passive" mode and only comes into play once a black hole is detected. It does not change the operation of TCP until a packet disappears. The second method is the "active" mode where it actively probes with increasing packet sizes until it hits a black hole or gets an ICMP response.
While it reads well, what implementations are actually in use? As with most protocols, it is useless if it doesn't have a high penetration. Jack