Subject: Re: silo and packets: overflowing too-bigness
To: Ruschmeyer, John <jruschme@att.com>
From: Perry E. Metzger <perry@piermont.com>
List: tech-kern
Date: 07/29/1998 15:30:50
"Ruschmeyer, John" writes:
> >Then add the line:
> >
> >	sysctl -w net.inet.tcp.rfc1323=0
> >
> >to your /etc/netstart.local
> 
> Silly question, but what does this option do?

It turns off the TCP long window support that some counterparties
don't like. I don't know what impacts that might have, but the
original poster seems to think that will help.

.pm