Dans un message du 05 sep à 17:30, T.Pospisek's MailLists écrivait : > The question is only if devices should be programmed in order to know > the future and it's potential proposed stadards by the IETF. Mind you I > don't know if the devices in question (websites, routers etc. droping ECN > packets) *are* violating a standard that was current at *their* time. The > routers in particular I think *are* wrong, since they are making decisions > based on bits that at that time were reserved.
It is not a good debate. Devices can be upgraded. Net admins should do their job. > With ECN set, Debian's default is to plain *refuse* to talk to all > equipment which, for whatever reason has problems with ECN. Debian default does not refuse to talk, it is the broken routers/firewalls which do. Should we stop progress because admins do not their job. I do not think so. -- Guillaume Morin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> If you want the answers, you'd better get ready for the fire (System of a Down)