Bug#407735: closed by maximilian attems <maks@sternwelten.at> (Re: Bug#407735: 2.6.18-3-686 tcp_window_scaling serious problem)

[prosolutions@gmx.net]

Sorry, this is not acceptable.  This is *not* a bug with "my"
infrastrucuture.  It occurs regardless of what network I am on (and I
should know, I have a laptop).  It is a bug with the kernel's handing of
tcp window scaling and it is a severe bug because at least 30 percent of
the sites around the world become inaccessible with it.



--
daniel




So wrote Debian Bug Tracking System on Sunday, 21 January 2007:
> Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 09:03:23 -0800
> From: Debian Bug Tracking System <owner@bugs.debian.org>
> To: prosolutions@gmx.net
> Subject: Bug#407735 closed by maximilian attems <maks@sternwelten.at> (Re:
>  Bug#407735: 2.6.18-3-686 tcp_window_scaling serious problem)
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> This is an automatic notification regarding your Bug report
> #407735: 2.6.18-3-686 tcp_window_scaling serious problem,
> which was filed against the linux-image-2.6-686 package.
> 
> It has been closed by maximilian attems <maks@sternwelten.at>.
> 
> Their explanation is attached below.  If this explanation is
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> Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 18:01:27 +0100
> From: maximilian attems <maks@sternwelten.at>
> To: 407735-done@bugs.debian.org
> Subject: Re: Bug#407735: 2.6.18-3-686 tcp_window_scaling serious problem
> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i
> 
> On Sun, Jan 21, 2007 at 03:55:40PM +0100, Bastian Blank wrote:
> > tags 407735 wontfix
> > severity 407735 minor
> > thanks
> > 
> > On Sat, Jan 20, 2007 at 01:13:43PM -0800, prosolutions@gmx.net wrote:
> > > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_window_scaling is set to "1" be default in this
> > > kernel.  But there is a serious problem with this which causes severe
> > > connection problems for some connections.  The user will experience this
> > > as sites that fail to load, or begin to load then abruptly stop and just
> > > hang while loading.
> > 
> > There is a broken router or packet filter between the two machines.
> > 
> > > I thought that this problem no longer existed as of 2.6.18 kernels, but
> > > I can confirm this is happening again with this fresh debian
> > > linux-image-2.6.18-3-686 kernel in unstable.
> > 
> > This is a bug in your infrastructure, not the linux kernel.
> > 
> > Bastian
> 
> indeed,
> thus closing
> 
> --
> maks