Subject: Re: Network QoS support in applications

From: "Philip A. Prindeville" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:29:36 -0700

On 03/11/2010 12:27 PM, David Miller wrote:
> From: "Philip A. Prindeville" <[email-masked]>
> 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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