I believe he is speaking in terms of the legality of the RFC :-P

Andrew 

-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Heinlein [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2005 6:06 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [gentoo-sparc] SOLVED: TCP connect() times out

On Sun, 10 Jul 2005, David S. Miller wrote:

> You should inform the person running the firewall in between your 
> two systems to get their stuff fixed.  Silently dropping packets 
> with the TCP ECN bits set is illegal.

OK. I'll bite. Can you provide me a pointer that spells out the 
legal[1] ramifications of dropping ECN bits?

-- Paul Heinlein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

[1] Legal in the sense of criminal or civil code, not in the sense of
     RFC 3360.
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