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Re: Replace the Nagle Algorithm

To: Joseph Conlin <JCONLIN@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Replace the Nagle Algorithm
From: Harald Welte <laforge@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2003 09:35:55 +0100
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On Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 12:58:19PM -0600, Joseph Conlin wrote:
> I see in the archives and the code that I have looked at (2.4.22,
> 2.6.0-test8) that the Minshall algorithm is being used to reduce the
> effects of Nagle/delayed ACK interaction.  I haven't seen any mention of
> the following solution, proposed as an IETF draft RFC by Joe Doupnik
> (jrd@xxxxxxxxxx).
> 
> http://netlab1.usu.edu/pub/misc/draft-doupnik-tcpimpl-nagle-mode-00.txt

Interesting, but do you know why this has not been aprooved as RFC and
never became more than a draft of the TCP implementation working group?

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