netdev - Re: [PATCH RFC] Per route TCP options

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Message-ID: <20091021082109.GE8704@Chamillionaire.breakpoint.cc>
Date:	Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:21:09 +0200
From:	Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>
To:	Gilad Ben-Yossef <gilad@...efidence.com>
Cc:	Rick Jones <rick.jones2@...com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	ori@...sleep.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC] Per route TCP options

Gilad Ben-Yossef <gilad@...efidence.com> wrote:
> The point is that even then you are more then likely to wish to turn
> off these options to specific destination and routes (that go over
> said exotic link) and keep using them over others - e.g. timestamp
> OK for local LAN, but for default route that goes over exotic TCP/IP
> over carrier penguins turn it off.

If you need a bandaid solution, its is possible to replace tcp
options with NOOPs using netfilters TCPOPTSTRIP target.

There is also an ECN target to work around ECN blackholes.
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