[tcpm] I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-tcpm-tcp-uto-06.txt

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	Title		: TCP User Timeout Option
	Author(s)	: L. Eggert, F. Gont
	Filename	: draft-ietf-tcpm-tcp-uto-06.txt
	Pages		: 16
	Date		: 2007-6-11

The TCP user timeout controls how long transmitted data may remain
   unacknowledged before a connection is forcefully closed.  It is a
   local, per-connection parameter.  This document specifies a new TCP
   option - the TCP User Timeout Option - that allows one end of a TCP
   connection to advertise its current user timeout value.  This
   information provides advice to the other end to adapt its user
   timeout accordingly.  Increasing the user timeouts on both ends of a
   TCP connection allows it to survive extended periods without end-to-
   end connectivity.  Decreasing the user timeouts allows busy servers
   to explicitly notify their clients that they will maintain the
   connection state only for a short time without connectivity.

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