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lb: note about the perf impact
The performance impact is something that often worry system administrators. Signed-off-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) <[email protected]>
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@@ -108,3 +108,9 @@ Here is a checklist for CDN owners implementing MPTCP support:
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corresponding server.
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- [ ] Optionally block all non MPTCP connections, and rate limit connections
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requests.
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{: .note}
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It is also important to note that, when clients don't request to use MPTCP,
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the kernel will create "plain" TCP sockets. Server applications will then
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continue to deal with "plain" TCP sockets when connections are `accept`ed,
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making the performance impact minimal.

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