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Re: [tcpm] TCP tuning

Michael Welzl <michawe@ifi.uio.no> Wed, 03 February 2010 17:16 UTC

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> Agreed. The point is to what extent TCP is modified for fractional
> benefits for specific communities. TCP is "optimized" to always work,
> but not to work especially well in any particular environment.

Yeah... stupid, isn't it?

Cheers,
Michael

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