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Re: MFS WorldCom/WilTel/LDDS
From: Paul A Vixie <paul () vix com>
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 1996 15:04:05 -0700
we can increase fairness using smart queuing and other technology tricksIf that can be and is done, it's fine with me, but will it be done in time? My growth is already being hindered by people being unable to get through the net's core to sites they want to reach. They leave the net, disillusioned. It's hard to imagine what things will be like when the looming UDP-based-multi-media explosion is added to this.
Since I use programmable routers, I plan to reprogram them such that when an interface output queue is full or getting full, and it's time to do Van's trick of "pick a number from 1 to N+1 and destroy that packet", the chance of a UDP getting blasted will be higher than for a TCP. This is predicated on (1) TCP is mostly well behaved, except when it comes form a Netscape browser opening too many (more than one) simultaneous TCP connection to the same destination; (2) UDP apps I care about, like DNS, will do reasonable things like fallback and timeout and retry; and (3) it is OK to violate the layering if it makes your network stop melting. If you think this would be a useful feature, ask Cisco to make it part of SPD. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Current thread:
- Re: MFS WorldCom/WilTel/LDDS, (continued)
- Re: MFS WorldCom/WilTel/LDDS Dick St.Peters (Aug 28)
- Re: MFS WorldCom/WilTel/LDDS Michael Dillon (Aug 28)
- Re: MFS WorldCom/WilTel/LDDS Dick St.Peters (Aug 28)
- Re: MFS WorldCom/WilTel/LDDS Paul Ferguson (Aug 28)
- Re: MFS WorldCom/WilTel/LDDS Vadim Antonov (Aug 28)
- Re: MFS WorldCom/WilTel/LDDS Tim Salo (Aug 28)
- Re: MFS WorldCom/WilTel/LDDS Matt Ranney (Aug 28)
- Re: MFS WorldCom/WilTel/LDDS Paul A Vixie (Aug 29)
- Re: MFS WorldCom/WilTel/LDDS Avi Freedman (Aug 29)
- Re: MFS WorldCom/WilTel/LDDS Michael Dillon (Aug 29)
- Re: MFS WorldCom/WilTel/LDDS Dick St.Peters (Aug 29)
- Re: MFS WorldCom/WilTel/LDDS Paul A Vixie (Aug 29)
- Re: MFS WorldCom/WilTel/LDDS Curtis Villamizar (Aug 29)
- Re: MFS WorldCom/WilTel/LDDS Matt Ranney (Aug 28)
- Re: MFS WorldCom/WilTel/LDDS Hong Chen (Aug 29)
- Re: MFS WorldCom/WilTel/LDDS Perry E. Metzger (Aug 29)
- Re: MFS WorldCom/WilTel/LDDS Dick St.Peters (Aug 29)