On Fri, 27 Oct 2006 14:17:49 -0700 (PDT) David Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> From: Stephen Hemminger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2006 10:30:16 -0700 > > > My proposed method restricting TCP choices to fair algorithms. > > This a net wide, not system wide issue, it should not be done > > by kernel policy choice (capability), but by a build choice. > > I think this sucks even worse than the current situation. > > How difficult is it to understand that an administrator might > like to be able to build in and experiment with some congestion > control algorithms, yet still be able to keep his normal users > from using them? Only some (very few) have any bad consequences. So the typical distribution should be able to switch with most available for everyone, and only a few needing special privileges. -- Stephen Hemminger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
