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RE: [tcpm] I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-tcpm-tcp-uto-03.txt

"Caitlin Bestler" <caitlinb@broadcom.com> Fri, 15 September 2006 15:55 UTC

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From: Caitlin Bestler <caitlinb@broadcom.com>
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Fernando Gont wrote:
> At 18:18 13/09/2006, Caitlin Bestler wrote:
> 
>> At the time that the passive side responds to a SYN request the
>> allocated resource, if any, might not be capable of recording the
>> remote peer's hint.
> 
> You mean, eg., an implementation of SYN cookies?
> 
> 

The passive side naturally seeks economy in the representation
of potential-connection state in response to a single SYN
packet that has not yet been otherwise validated.

SYN Cookies are just one method of doing so.

Whatever method is used, it is preferable from a protocol
viewpoint to minimize adding to the information that should
be retained in this state.


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