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Re: [tcpm] RFC 1323: Timestamps option

David Malone <David.Malone@nuim.ie> Fri, 26 January 2007 21:09 UTC

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Subject: Re: [tcpm] RFC 1323: Timestamps option
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Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 21:09:00 +0000
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> The rules for enabling Timestamps mid-stream would be:
> 1) If you receive a Timestamps option mid-stream, you can enable  
> Timestamps.  From then on, every packet sent will need to contain a  
> Timestamps option.

Based on some of the behaviour noted in:

	http://www.caida.org/publications/papers/2005/fingerprinting/

It seems some implementations have already effectively chosen Option #1.  

	David.

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