Re: [quicwg/base-drafts] Security considerations (#1562)

janaiyengar <notifications@github.com> Sat, 14 July 2018 18:24 UTC

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janaiyengar commented on this pull request.



> @@ -1148,6 +1148,23 @@ retransmission timeout has been verified.
      congestion_window = kMinimumWindow
 ~~~
 
+# Security Considerations
+
+## Local Denial of Service
+
+QUIC requires congestion control, and recommends Reno. Not using a
+congestion control algorithm or using an overly aggressive
+algorithm may cause flows sharing the same link to experience
+excess delay, packet loss, and timeouts.

I don't think we need this one. I'll add a paragraph that says something about congestion control being required and Reno being the one that we describe in this doc, and point to 8085 for the rest.

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