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thank you, interesting link. Does TCP Fast Open have anything to do with the "slow start", which a few major websites are known to violate[1][2] ? just out of c
by gghh 14y ago
thank you, interesting link. Does TCP Fast Open have anything to do with the "slow start", which a few major websites are known to violate[1][2] ? just out of curiosity. It doesn't look so, at a first glance.
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slow-start http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slow-start
[2] http://blog.benstrong.com/2010/11/google-and-microsoft-cheat-on-slow.html?m=1 http://blog.benstrong.com/2010/11/google-and-microsoft-cheat...
- Contero 14y agoIt sounds like it would allow a client to send data (HTTP request) before the server has acknowledged that the TCP connection is open.
- pm90 14y agoNot really. Slow start is a precaution to avoid the network from getting congested; whereas TCP fast open is essentially trying to reduce the completion time of small TCP requests.