Re: Split flows across Domains

["Steven M. Bellovin" <smb () cs columbia edu>]

In message <0d2801c62152$4d32fd60$fe00000a@speedy>, "Matt Buford" writes:
> Actually, TCP handles out of order packets rather well as long as the 
> reordering isn't too severe.  You see a bunch of SACKs flying around, but as 
> long as it doesn't get too out of hand it doesn't affect throughput.

Actually, it isn't that great.  See draft-ietf-tcpm-tcp-dcr-06 and its 
references.

                --Steven M. Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb