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Re: sysctl should disable ECN by default



Dans un message du 06 Sep à 16:58, Eric Van Buggenhaut écrivait :
> RFC 793 reserve bits 'for future use'. These bits may not be
> touched by a router or a firewall.
> The buggy hardware we are talking about zeroes those bits.
> Thus they violate RFC793.

RFC793 says 

Reserved:  6 bits

    Reserved for future use.  Must be zero.


The last statement is the cause of all confusions. s/Must/Should/ would
have been better.

-- 
Guillaume Morin <guillaume@morinfr.org>

    If it doesn't work, force it.  If it breaks, it needed replacing anyway.



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