Re: [tcpm] On allocating reserved bits in the TCP header

Lars Eggert <lars@eggert.org> Thu, 03 October 2019 11:31 UTC

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Subject: Re: [tcpm] On allocating reserved bits in the TCP header
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On 2019-9-10, at 13:50, Scharf, Michael <Michael.Scharf@hs-esslingen.de> wrote:
> In my reading of RFC 2780 and RFC 8126, it would be a policy violation to allocate a bit in the main TCP header to an experiment without a proper standards track document allowing this experimentation. I am convinced that for bits in the main TCP header the IETF should just follow its own rules.

Agreed.

Lars