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Re: should TCPs do MTU black hole detection?


From: Jeff Mcadams <jeffm () iglou com>
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1999 21:44:48 -0500


Thus spake Randy Bush
the choice seems 

 o when it breaks, the noc gets the call, debugs it, and it gets fixed
                                                           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Optimist!

 o when it breaks, the software does successive guesswork back-offs until
   it makes it through.  the performance sucks big-time, the customer
   thinks the isp is at fault, but the noc does not get called and the
   real problem never gets fixed.

This one is pretty accurate though.
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