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Subject: Re: MILNET/ARPANET performance
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Date: Mon, 3-Jun-85 15:04:34 EDT
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From: imagen!geof@SU-SHASTA.ARPA


To summarize the last few messages:

	1.Currently, many hosts retransmit too often.  This is
	  a major source of congestion, which can be alleviated by
	  forcing hosts to use better algorithms for their timeouts,
	  including (but not limited to) longer initial timeouts.

	2.After we do this (if we can do this), congestion in the
	  network will still be a problem, which according to
	  Lixia Zhang's and Noel Chiappa's arguments, can only be
	  solved by controlling the entry of packets into the internet.

Clearly item 1 is important, and easier to carry out.  Item 2 is an
equally valid problem.

- Geof Cooper