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	Title		: TCP Implementation Problems 
                          That Need To Be Documented
	Author(s)	: V. Paxson, M. Allman
	Filename	: draft-ietf-tcpimpl-needdoc-00.txt
	Pages		: 5
	Date		: 12-Mar-98
	
   The TCP-IMPL working group has documented a number of TCP
   implementation problems [PADHV98].  However, a significant number
   still have not been fully described and documented in the form used
   in [PADHV98].  This memo briefly describes a number of these,
   including commentary as to the authors' opinions regarding the
   importance of documenting the problem.  This memo is *not* intended
   to ever see light as an RFC of some form; its sole function is to
   facilitate working group discussion of which problems are more
   pressing to document than others, and to aid in arriving at a
   decision as to when [PADHV98] will be sufficiently complete to merit
   its publication as an Informational RFC.

   We divide the descriptions into ''serious'' problems, meaning those    we think should be included in [PADHV98] prior to its publication;
   ''security'' problems, which might not be viewed as implementation
   problems per se, but represent significant security problems of which
   TCP implementors should be aware; and ''less serious'' problems, those
   that, if the working group fails to find volunteers to document them,
   should not hold up [PADHV98].
 
   It might be worthwhile to separate the security problems out into
   their own document.  We particularly solicit working group input on
   this subject.


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