[e2e] What should e2e protocols know about lower layers?

[Ted Faber]

On Thu, Oct 18, 2001 at 12:28:45AM -0700, Dave Crocker wrote:
> Indeed.  Of the many postings on this thread, Bob H's strikes me as 
> pointing up the most salient point:
> 
>          Do not use simple rules for turning off a TCP mechanism.
> 
> (For most situations, that reduces to the simple rule:  do not turn off TCP 
> mechanisms.)

Or as another hacker succinctly put it:

"Always think very hard before messing with TCP.  And then don't."
	-- Matt Crawford <crawdad at fnal.gov>

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