Re: ECN: Clearing the air (fwd)

Gregory Maxwell
2001-01-28T19:45:58Z

On Sun, Jan 28, 2001 at 06:04:17AM -0800, Ben Ford wrote:
> James Sutherland wrote:
[snip]
> > those firewalls should be updated to allow ECN-enabled packets
> > through. However, to break connectivity to such sites deliberately just
> > because they are not supporting an *experimental* extension to the current
> > protocols is rather silly.
>
> Do keep in mind, we aren't breaking connectivity, they are.

Thats the crux of the argument. No one made them run a firewall, they chose
one that blocks undefined behavior. The Internet is a dynamic system, they
broke the end-to-end model with their firewall, the onus is on them to keep
up.