From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: Network QoS support in applications Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:27:54 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <20100311.112754.142886660.davem@davemloft.net> References: <87my01m0zm.fsf@purkki.valot.fi> <4B5EF5DF.2070005@lemonia.org> <4B9942A7.40205@redfish-solutions.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: dunc-9b9L1Hpe0sBAfugRpC6u6w@public.gmane.org, kalle.valo-X3B1VOXEql0@public.gmane.org, kaber-dcUjhNyLwpNeoWH0uzbU5w@public.gmane.org, netdev-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-wireless-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: philipp_subx-9z15yex7P+UJvtFkdXX2HpqQE7yCjDx5@public.gmane.org Return-path: In-Reply-To: <4B9942A7.40205-9z15yex7P+UJvtFkdXX2HpqQE7yCjDx5@public.gmane.org> Sender: linux-wireless-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org From: "Philip A. Prindeville" Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:21:11 -0700 > And yes, there will always be misbehaving users. They are a fact of > life. That doesn't mean we should lobotomize the network. We don't > have an authentication mechanism on ICMP Redirects or Source-Quench, Which is why most networks block those packets from the outside. > Nor is ARP authenticated. Which is why people control who can plug into their physical network. None of the things you are saying support the idea of having applications decide what the DSCP marking should be. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html