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From: forsyth@caldo.demon.co.uk
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] Nagle algorithm
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Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 09:44:34 +0000
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>>And, incidentally, it's not optional; the Host Requirements RFC's,
>>IIRC, require it.

no, it says SHOULD not MUST, and the justification isn't particularly
compelling.

>>But for the *vast* majority of IP packets, it's completely right.

and what would those packets be?