Re: [tcpm] timestamp options (was Re: New Version Notification for draft-touch-tcpm-tcp-edo-01.txt)

"Scharf, Michael (Michael)" <michael.scharf@alcatel-lucent.com> Mon, 02 June 2014 18:09 UTC

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From: "Scharf, Michael (Michael)" <michael.scharf@alcatel-lucent.com>
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> Also, I'd like to know if OSes actually do consult the TS value in the
> 3WHS to try to hunt for old packets.  I have no idea.  Does anyone
> know?
> (Either answer wouldn't surprise me, actually.)

Well, I don't know.

But a related thought: In 1323bis we actually mention a random, per-connection offset. Such a logic in the 3WHS would have to take different offsets into account, right?

Michael