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Re: [tcpm] TCP zero window timeout?

Ted Faber <faber@ISI.EDU> Wed, 30 August 2006 16:24 UTC

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Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 09:23:46 -0700
From: Ted Faber <faber@ISI.EDU>
To: Joe Touch <touch@ISI.EDU>
Subject: Re: [tcpm] TCP zero window timeout?
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On Wed, Aug 30, 2006 at 09:19:19AM -0700, Joe Touch wrote:
> 
> 
> Ted Faber wrote:
> ...
> > I don't understand why you're against doing this in the app, but I don't
> > think I understand your whole problem either.  I suggest writing a draft
> > and giving us the full picture.
> 
> I'd rather see succinct answers to the alternatives suggested here that
> motivate a TCP-level solution first.


There are six people exchanging mail about a problem and a solution that
don't seem well defined to me.  IMHO agreeing on what we're talking
about will simplify that discussion.
> 
> IDs can easily themselves be a DOS attack on IETF resources.

Or a necessary step forward.

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