Subject: Re: TCP selective acknowledgement
To: None <perry@piermont.com>
From: Charles M. Hannum <mycroft@mit.edu>
List: tech-net
Date: 07/20/1996 14:19:22
"Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com> writes:
>
> Regardless of which implementation gets selected, however, I would
> like to emphasize, once again, that SACK is really very important,
> especially given the packet drop rates on the current internet.
And your point is? Nobody has disputed that SACK is a Good Thing.
Someone has promised a complete SACK implementation targeted for
NetBSD by Friday. There is no reason for us to do anything about it
before then.