commented out disable TCP window scaling by default

Disabling TCP window scaling could result in a significant decrease in performance in high-latency communications. Signed-off-by: k4yt3x <i@k4yt3x.com>
k4yt3x · Jul 3, 2023 · b6f1041 · b6f1041
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diff --git a/sysctl.conf b/sysctl.conf
@@ -209,7 +209,8 @@ net.ipv4.tcp_rfc1337 = 1
 
 # disable TCP window scaling
 # this makes the host less susceptible to TCP RST DoS attacks
-net.ipv4.tcp_window_scaling = 0
+# could drastically reduce throughput if latency is high
+#net.ipv4.tcp_window_scaling = 0
 
 # increase system IP port limits
 net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range = 1024 65535