netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 0/8] tou: Transports over UDP

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Date:	Fri, 24 Jun 2016 14:36:04 -0700
From:	Rick Jones <rick.jones2@....com>
To:	Tom Herbert <tom@...bertland.com>,
	Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Linux Kernel Network Developers <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Kernel Team <kernel-team@...com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/8] tou: Transports over UDP - part I

On 06/24/2016 02:12 PM, Tom Herbert wrote:
> The client OS side is only part of the story. Middlebox intrusion at
> L4 is also a major issue we need to address. The "failure" of TFO is a
> good case study. Both the upgrade issues on clients and the tendency
> for some middleboxes to drop SYN packets with data have together
> severely hindered what otherwise should have been straightforward and
> useful feature to deploy.

How would you define "severely?"  Has it actually been more severe than 
for say ECN?  Or it was for say SACK or PAWS?

rick jones