General Comments on Instrumentation


Web100 TCP Instrumentation
On the standards track
draft-ietf-tsvwg-tcp-mib-extension-01.txt
(-02 due Monday)

The hourglass creates an intrinsic problem
By nature transport protocols hide bugs
Instrumentation is required least the bugs remain hidden

Vast new insights into how transport really functions
Easy to add custom per connection instruments and controls
The Net100 WAD [Dunnigan, SC2002]