RFC 6429 on TCP Sender Clarification for Persist Condition
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A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries. RFC 6429 Title: TCP Sender Clarification for Persist Condition Author: M. Bashyam, M. Jethanandani, A. Ramaiah Status: Informational Stream: IETF Date: December 2011 Mailbox: mbashyam@ocarinanetworks.com, mjethanandani@gmail.com, ananth@cisco.com Pages: 7 Characters: 14280 Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso: None I-D Tag: draft-ietf-tcpm-persist-07.txt URL: http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6429.txt This document clarifies the Zero Window Probes (ZWPs) described in RFC 1122 ("Requirements for Internet Hosts -- Communication Layers"). In particular, it clarifies the actions that can be taken on connections that are experiencing the ZWP condition. Rather than making a change to the standard, this document clarifies what has been until now a misinterpretation of the standard as specified in RFC 1122. This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is published for informational purposes. This document is a product of the TCP Maintenance and Minor Extensions Working Group of the IETF. INFORMATIONAL: This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. This announcement is sent to the IETF-Announce and rfc-dist lists. To subscribe or unsubscribe, see http://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce http://mailman.rfc-editor.org/mailman/listinfo/rfc-dist For searching the RFC series, see http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfcsearch.html. For downloading RFCs, see http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc.html. Requests for special distribution should be addressed to either the author of the RFC in question, or to rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org. Unless specifically noted otherwise on the RFC itself, all RFCs are for unlimited distribution. The RFC Editor Team Association Management Solutions, LLC