> > Unless you use http 1.1 and use the persistent TCP connections (forgot
> > the real name, sorry) that do not open a TCP connection for each HTTP
> > request then you are pretty much out of luck. With 1.5 sec RTT, you
> > will get awful performance for HTTP traffic (on the order of
> > 8Kbytes/sec or so). Your best bet is to use one of the available TCP
> > spoofing/proxy boxes and break the end-2-end semantics.
>
> Why? 1.1 and persistent connections doesn't require the spoofing stuff...
>
> Joe
>
The reason why I mention 1.1 and persistent connections is not due to
the spoofing but due to the fact that most HTTP transactions do not
send enough data to fill the pipe in a satellite channel and never get
out of slow start. If you do
locate a proxy that sits between the host and the satellite channel
and use a version of TCP that is modified, then the so-called spoofing
boxes may be helpful.
However, they still break the end2end semantics unfortunately and may
not work with anetwork that uses end2end IPSEC for VPNs or such.
Bora
ps. The email that "re-started" this thread was sitting in a mailer
queue for a couple months and I discovered this yesterday and flushed
the queue.
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