netdev - Re: Network QoS support in applications

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Date:	Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:29:36 -0700
From:	"Philip A. Prindeville" <philipp_subx@...fish-solutions.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	dunc@...onia.org, kalle.valo@....fi, kaber@...sh.net,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Network QoS support in applications

On 03/11/2010 12:27 PM, David Miller wrote:
> From: "Philip A. Prindeville" <philipp_subx@...fish-solutions.com>
> 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.


Does "decide what the DSCP marking should be" include complying to the recommendations of RFC-4594?

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