On 3/12/2015 12:32 AM, Olivier Bonaventure wrote:
> Gregory,
>>>
>>> Although I can't disagree with your assessment of the direct discussion
>>> on protecting TCP headers, the conclusion below seems to ignore the
>>> discussion on "Forcing the restart of a TCPINC connection".
>>>
>>> I wonder how people think their solution will magically protect against
>>> forced restarts if the TCP header isn't included.
>>
>> I agree.
>>
>> I don't think "don't protect the headers" is an accurate description
>> of Honolulu if it also leaves the system exposed to resets, as there
>> clearly was a fair amount of concern expressed about spurious resets.
>>
> 
> IMO, the best approach to deal with suprious resets, caused by
> middleboxes, attackers or whatever, is to use the same approach as in
> Multipath TCP by considering a TCPINC connection to be composed of
> several subflows. 

TCPINC isn't limited to Multipath TCP, thus that approach is inappropriate.

Joe

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