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Re: [tcpm] TCP-AO Option Layout - Alignment and Padding

Lars Eggert <lars.eggert@nokia.com> Wed, 30 July 2008 13:15 UTC

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Subject: Re: [tcpm] TCP-AO Option Layout - Alignment and Padding
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On 2008-7-29, at 14:09, ext Stefanos Harhalakis wrote:
> Please don't do this. Leave the padding as an issue for the OS  
> implementation
> just like all other TCP options do. Any OS implementation may add a  
> NOP at
> the begging and solve this problem (if it actually exists).

(contributor hat on)

I agree with this.

Lars
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