Re: [tcpm] draft-eggert-tcpm-historicize-00

[rick jones <[e-mail]>]

On Jun 28, 2010, at 7:46 PM, Joe Touch wrote:
>
> 	- a hypothetical link problem for some links (i.e., jumboframes)
> 		which ought to be fixed by the vendors who support jumboframes
>
> 		Note that I didn't say "IEEE" here. The same vendors that have
> 		a de-facto standard for jumboframes are the ones who can fix
> 		their mess with a jumboframe CRC ;-)

I think that is a place where one should be careful what one wishes  
for. If the NIC vendors become too accustomed to going off the  
standard body reservation at the link-layer, chances are they and the  
other vendor types with which they interact won't make much of  
distinction for transport.

rick jones
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