TCP

2.6.13

congestion control switch

Is a big menu a problem?

Research is not conclusive and out of date

SACK

hints

tagged list

needs to add ptr to tcp_cb :: skb->cb[]

burst control (packet vs byte)

TCP security

Port randomization

ACK hacking defense?

signature arms race?

Embedded

Embedded developers complain that stack is too big

CONFIG_NET_EMBEDDED?

¬ qdisc

¬ sysctl's

¬ TCP switch

¬ Netfilter, Xfrm, Route Cache

RDMA

overlap of memory and network issues

OpenRDMA project

TCP Offload Engine (TOE)

It may not make sense, but vendors are doing it.

How far along are they?

2005-07-14T11:29:14