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Re: [tcpm] Definition of SMSS/RMSS in RFC5681 are inaccurate?!

Alexander Zimmermann <alexander.zimmermann@nets.rwth-aachen.de> Mon, 26 July 2010 15:55 UTC

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Subject: Re: [tcpm] Definition of SMSS/RMSS in RFC5681 are inaccurate?!
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Hi Hagen,

Am 26.07.2010 um 17:43 schrieb Hagen Paul Pfeifer:

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> On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:33:26 +0200, Alexander Zimmermann wrote:
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>> The size does not include the TCP/IP headers and options. This is wrong!
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>> The options are the TCP/IP headers.
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> Strange that nobody spotted this. "The options are the TCP/IP headers",
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> what does this mean?

Nothing :-)

I was too quick. Copy & Paste inattention.
I wanted to write: The size does not include the TCP/IP options.

Alex


> draft-ietf-tcpm-tcpmss-03 should be mentioned instead:
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>   The MSS value to be sent in an MSS option should be equal to the
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>   effective MTU minus the fixed IP and TCP headers.
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> Hagen

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