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Well, TCP is a hot mess that should and will be phased out in favor of more congestion friendly protocols.

• option_greek 7y ago
  We barely could get IPV6 to get adopted. Replacing the whole TCP ? Most probably not. The successor to TCP if it ever gets adopted, will look more like TCP than a new protocol.
  • g00s3_caLL_x2 7y ago
    Agreed. Entire industries are based off the distinction of the stack and it's interoperability(sp?).
• f00zz 7y ago
  What are those alternatives?
  • supahfly_remix 7y ago
    QUIC (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QUIC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QUIC) is one alternative.
    • convolvatron 7y ago
      doesn't quic use bbr, a cc scheme developed by and supported in tcp?