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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Iljitsch van Beijnum [mailto:]
> think of is DoS attacks. But that can be solved by only allowing end-
> users to send an average packet size of 500 (or 250, or whatever)
> bytes. So if you have a 10 Mbps connection you don't get to
> send 14000
> 64-byte packets per second, but a maximum of 2500 packets per
> second.
> So with 64-byte packets you only get to use 1.25 Mbps.
You have just cut out the VoIP industry, TCP setup, IM or most types of
real-time services on the Internet.
> PS. Am I the only one who is annoyed by the reduction in usable
> subject space by the superfluous [NANOG]?
>
Yes you are the only one. ;)
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