Re: [Diffserv] EF RFC and loss

Hi

As I understand, according to the present RFC on EF PHB, there is no way
to distinguish between packet losses due to buffer over flow or attack.
Both shall trigger alarm. 

regards
Anurag

Omar Elloumi wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I went through the emails on EF and losses but I'm still
> confused. The original question was do we need absolute zero
> loss in EF or not?
> Some of you responded no (few losses are tolerated),
> in that case how can we distinguish packet losses due
> to possible attacks from tolerated losses??? do we
> need to have a threshold above it we trigger an alarm
> to check a possible attack?
> 
> My intention is NOT to trigger a new discussion but just
> to have in few lines a definitive (formal if possible) answer to this.
> 
> kind regards.
> 
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