4 Sep
2007
4 Sep
'07
10:09 a.m.
On Tue, 4 Sep 2007, Stephen Stuart wrote:
On Mon, 3 Sep 2007, Tony Finch wrote:
On Mon, 3 Sep 2007, Sean Donelan wrote:
Operators are probably more interested in the "fairness" part of "congestion" than the "efficiency" part of "congestion."
TCP's idea of fairness is a bit weird. Shouldn't it be per-user, not per-flow?
How would you define "user" in that context?
Given that we're trusting the user's OS to implement congestion control, it seems reasonable to trust it to define per-user in a sensible way. Tony. -- f.a.n.finch <dot@dotat.at> http://dotat.at/ IRISH SEA: SOUTHERLY, BACKING NORTHEASTERLY FOR A TIME, 3 OR 4. SLIGHT OR MODERATE. SHOWERS. MODERATE OR GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR.