Re: ECN for servers ?

H. Peter Anvin (hpa@zytor.com)
14 Feb 2001 12:41:26 -0800


Followup to: <20010214190128.G923@ppetru.net>
By author: Petru Paler <ppetru@ppetru.net>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> Hello,
>
> What is the impact of enabling ECN on the server side ? I mean, will
> any clients (with broken firewalls) be affected if a SMTP/HTTP server
> has ECN enabled ?
>
> On the other hand, is there any advantage with ECN enabled on the server
> side ?
>

Pro: better behaviour in presence of network congestion.

Con: people behind broken firewalls can't connect.

-hpa

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