Re: Removing T/TCP and replacing it with something simpler

From: Julian Elischer (julian_at_elischer.org)
Date: 10/21/04

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    Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 11:58:58 -0700
To: Andre Oppermann <andre@freebsd.org>

    Andre Oppermann wrote:

    >Mark Allman wrote:
    >
    >
    >>>Thus after the removal of T/TCP for the reasons above I want to provide
    >>>a work-alike replacement for T/TCP's functionality:
    >>>
    >>>
    >>I haven't fully digested this yet. But, I'll voice my distaste for
    >>implementing things that just seem to "Make Sense". That's a model that
    >>has been used and is used by other operating systems and those of us who
    >>watch packets can attest that things that "Make Sense" often don't and
    >>likely would have benefitted by a bit more thought and a bit more
    >>vetting. I would be happier if something like this were vetted out a
    >>bit more (written up, digested by folks, etc.) before it went into
    >>anything but someone's experimental kernel. Just my two cents.
    >>
    >>
    >
    >Sure. To make you sleep better it will be disabled by default (like
    >T/TCP) and possibly even not compliled in by default (#ifdef'd). If
    >enabled and compiled in it does not automatically enable itself for all
    >and everything. The application has to enable it on the socket as well.
    >
    >A writeup will follow once I get there. I made this request before I
    >start working on it to prevent to waste my time on it if people wanted
    >to religiously stick to T/TCP.
    >
    >

    couldn't you do it with a spoofing interface?
    i.e. tcp sessions going through get turned into something that loks like
    ttcp
    on the wire and converted back at teh other end?

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