[$] The congestion-notification conflict

Most of the time, the dreary work of writing protocol standards atorganizations like the IETF and beyond happens in the background, with mostof us being blissfully unaware of what is happening. Recently, though, adisagreement over protocols for congestion notification and latencyreduction has come to a head in a somewhat messy conflict. The outcome ofthis discussion may well affect how well the Internet of the future works -and whether Linux systems can remain first-class citizens of that net.