> The trouble is, they're controlled at opposite ends of the connection. You can turn off the Nagle algorithm at your end, but you want to turn off delayed ACKs

> The trouble is, they're controlled at opposite ends of the connection. You can turn off the Nagle algorithm at your end, but you want to turn off delayed ACKs at the other end. That's the practical problem. For an extant case of this practical problem chosen at random, I'd be curious to know-- what's the likelihood that it's just openssh on both ends of the connection?