Re: [RRG] Why delaying initial packets matters

[David Conrad <drc@virtualized.org>]

Stig,

On Feb 8, 2008, at 1:22 AM, Stig Venaas wrote:
> I'm sure there could be other ways. Anyway, I believe such delays will
> require changes in applications and/or host stacks.


I'm not necessarily disagreeing, but before looking at potential  
solutions, can you be a bit more specific in what you believe will  
require changes?  Let's say you have a system that imposes a (say) 500  
ms delay on the first packet of a flow (but no significant change in  
subsequent packets).  Would you see a requirement for changes in UDP- 
based applications? Or would the changes just need to be in TCP-based  
applications?

Thanks,
-drc


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