Performance Tradeoffs of Linux TCP SACK
Recently there has been significant discussion of Linux's TCP SACK implementation, and its weakness within the Linux TCP stack. SACK is an optional feature of TCP necessary for effective use of all available bandwidth of some networks. However, processing this type of acknowledgment can be CPU intensive for the TCP sender, and thus a weakness which can be exploited by a malicious peer.
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