On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 1:09 PM, Douglas Otis <do...@mail-abuse.org> wrote: > On 6/25/12 7:54 AM, Owen DeLong wrote: >> It would have been better if IETF had actually solved this instead >> of punting on it when developing IPv6. > > Dear Owen, > > The IETF offered a HA solution that operates at the transport level. It > solves jumbo frame error detection rate issues, head of queue > blocking, instant fail-over, better supports high data rates with > lower overhead, offers multi-homing transparently across > multiple providers, offers fast setup and anti-packet source spoofing. > The transport is SCTP, used by every cellular tower and for > media distribution. > > This transport's improved error detection is now supported in hardware > by current network adapters and processors. Conversely, TCP suffers > from high undetected stuck bit errors, head of queue blocking, complex > multi-homing, slow setup, high process overhead and is prone to source > spoofing. It seems OS vendors rather than the IETF hampered progress in > this area. Why band-aid on a solved problem?
can I use sctp to do the facebooks?
