netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] tcp: Add TCP

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Date:	Wed, 22 Oct 2014 19:11:30 +0200
From:	Kristian Evensen <kristian.evensen@...il.com>
To:	Cong Wang <cwang@...pensource.com>
Cc:	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] tcp: Add TCP_FREEZE socket option

Hi,

On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 6:56 PM, Cong Wang <cwang@...pensource.com> wrote:
> At least split TCP is transparent to applications, while your approach is not.
> I don't understand why you said it typically operates on some ports, since
> TCP is stateful.

I see that I might have used the wrong word here. I am use to calling
them TCP splitters, but I see that the devices are also referred to as
transparent TCP proxies. Anyhow, they are still transparent, but they
violate end-to-end (even though I guess that is pretty common
now-a-days).

What I mean by the port-comment is that only connections to some ports
are proxied/split. For example, one of the operators in Norway only
proxy port 80, so any HTTPS transfer risk getting stuck after a
temporary disconnect.

-Kristian
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