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by beagle3 3159 days ago
But you can apply it to TCP as well (only at a kernel/raw socket level), which Apple and Microsoft have already done, which makes it simple for software to use; Apple uses it to download o/s updates in the background.

Implementing it in the kernel also makes programs like “trickle” much easier.

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Are you sure they didn't use UDP? It seems like the kernel flow control in TCP would interact badly with LEDBAT