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Re: [tcpm] Is this a problem?

Ted Faber <faber@ISI.EDU> Thu, 08 November 2007 17:49 UTC

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From: Ted Faber <faber@ISI.EDU>
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Subject: Re: [tcpm] Is this a problem?
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On Tue, Nov 06, 2007 at 02:39:12PM -0500, Ethan Blanton wrote:
> Ethan Blanton spake unto us the following wisdom:
> > > > It does not seem unreasonable to add a zero-window timeout tunable to
> > > > any given TCP implementation; I don't necessarily think it is a TCP
> > > > standardization issue, however, as there is no wire impact.
> 
> I do stand by this, however.

Let's not lose sight of this point.

Do we need a new standard interface to the TCP stack, or is this an
implementation issue?

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