My proposed method restricting TCP choices to fair algorithms.
This a net wide, not system wide issue, it should not be done
by kernel policy choice (capability), but by a build choice.
--- sky2.orig/net/ipv4/Kconfig 2006-10-27 10:10:47.000000000 -0700
+++ sky2/net/ipv4/Kconfig 2006-10-27 10:15:56.000000000 -0700
@@ -470,6 +470,16 @@
if TCP_CONG_ADVANCED
+config TCP_CONG_UNFAIR
+ bool "Allow unfair congestion control algorithms"
+ depends on EXPERIMENTAL
+ ---help---
+ Some of the congestion control algorithms are for testing
+ and research purposes and should not deployed on public
+ networks because of the possiblity of unfair behavior.
+ These algorithms may be useful for future development
+ or comparison purposes.
+
config TCP_CONG_BIC
tristate "Binary Increase Congestion (BIC) control"
default m
@@ -551,7 +561,7 @@
config TCP_CONG_SCALABLE
tristate "Scalable TCP"
- depends on EXPERIMENTAL
+ depends on TCP_CONG_UNFAIR
default n
---help---
Scalable TCP is a sender-side only change to TCP which uses a
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