Re: TCP Retransmission timers ?

Bob Braden <braden@ISI.EDU> Wed, 18 September 2002 21:21 UTC

From: Bob Braden <braden@ISI.EDU>
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 21:21:35 +0000
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To: sebastiano.elia@unile.it, craig@aland.bbn.com
Subject: Re: TCP Retransmission timers ?
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Craig Partridge wrote:

  *> 
  *> In terms of retransmission, if you've only got cumulative ACKs, the only
  *> rational answer is "send only the 1st outstanding segment" -- and as I recall
  *> there's a terse note from Jon Postel to the TCP-IP list or perhaps E2E
  *> about this subject in 1987 (which I cannot find, alas).
  *> 

It certainly was a point of discussion in 1980.  I thought I recalled
that the Dave-Clark-5 (RFCs 813-817 - should be required reading for
everyone on this list) discussed the issue, but a quick scan did not
find it there either.

Bob Braden

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