Re: [tcpm] Re: RFC 1323: Timestamps option

Joe Touch <touch@ISI.EDU> Thu, 31 May 2007 19:59 UTC

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Matt Mathis wrote:
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> Although permitting "late timestamps" has been on my todo list for years,

Not so much for me...
> I
> have come to think that a safer solution is to unconditionally request
> timestamps as long as the route of choice does not point to a directly
> connected compressing modem on a voice grade line. 

I agree with this, though ;-)

Joe

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