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Re: [quicwg/base-drafts] Are random packet number skips still relevant for opportunistic ACK protection? (#1030)

Martin Thomson <notifications@github.com> Thu, 04 January 2018 22:34 UTC

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Subject: Re: [quicwg/base-drafts] Are random packet number skips still relevant for opportunistic ACK protection? (#1030)
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How does a client mount that attack?  Do they send optimistic ACKs in order to get the server to open their congestion window and send more data?  Wouldn't that be a symmetric attack?

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