linux-kernel - Re: [BUG] ? Strange behaviour since kernel 2.6.17 with a https website

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Date:	Fri, 29 Sep 2006 14:05:54 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Tchesmeli Serge <serge@...-linux.com>
Cc:	Joerg Roedel <joro-lkml@...g.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [BUG] ? Strange behaviour since kernel 2.6.17 with a https
	website

Ar Gwe, 2006-09-29 am 12:08 +0200, ysgrifennodd Tchesmeli Serge:
> Joerg Roedel wrote:
> > On Fri, Sep 29, 2006 at 11:47:20AM +0200, Tchesmeli Serge wrote:
> >
> >   
> >> Me and a friend have discover a stange behaviour since kernel 2.6.17.
> >>     
> >
> > Please try to switch off TCP window scaling using the command below
> > (as root) and retry.
> >
> > echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_window_scaling
> >
> >   
> Yes, it's work!

That means your bank or someone before it probably has a broken
firewall. I would worry about that given how long ago (and thus how many
firmware updates ago) almost every vendor fixed problems like this with
their products.

Alan
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