# Re: \[RFC\] Options for ECN target

- From: \<hidden\>
- Date: 2002-08-06 13:47:56 
- List: netdev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2002/08/10732266
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2002/08/10732265/t.md

```text
Hello!

> The first option is necessarry and is the primary use of the target.
> The last three options are more experimental and would allow somebody
> to play with 'simulated congestion' by setting the ECT in IP, etc.
...
> However, this is potentially very dangerous

Yes, they are illegal.

I would not say "very dangerous". Surely, much less dangerous
than cp /dev/zero /dev/mem. :-)

So, I think it can be added for debugging purposes, provided hidden
in a section devoted to debugging in manual and not shown in command
line helper.

Alexey
```