Re: [tcpm] TCP tuning

Joe Touch <touch@ISI.EDU> Wed, 03 February 2010 17:54 UTC

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Adam Langley wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 12:43 PM, Joe Touch <touch@isi.edu> wrote:
>> IMO, I would encourage Google to take their work there and get feedback
>> there first. TCPM is a place where mature, vetted ideas should be
>> considered, preferably (IMO).
> 
> I think an important part of the presentation is that this is already
> a very well vetted idea: by using multiple subdomains and concurrent
> connections, HTTP has already increased the initcwnd drastically.

By vetted, I would include the experiments and the detailed information
available. That vetting should be checked in the IRTF first; that's a
better place to review technical material for consideration of past and
related work, and verification of methodology.

Joe