A linear timeout can cause a congestive collapse of the entire network.
TCP is actually as aggressive as it is safe to be.
> a lot of links are a _lot_ of hops, this algorithm might
> approach reality a lot better. The upper bound should probably
> be at 4 or 8 times RTT.
And the RTT is an estimated variable, not always available and constantly
behind the truth.
Alan
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