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Re: [TLS] I-D Action:draft-ietf-tls-dtls-heartbeat-01.txt

Michael Tüxen <Michael.Tuexen@lurchi.franken.de> Wed, 09 February 2011 11:01 UTC

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On Feb 9, 2011, at 9:33 AM, Florian Weimer wrote:

> * t. petch:
> 
>> The intention of the sentence in the ID is that you can not send
>> multiple HeartbeatRequest out.
> 
> But you actually can because the transport layer may duplicate
> datagrams.  In particular, recipients MUST be prepared to deal with
> such duplicates.
If the transport layer does (like TCP or SCTP), it has a CC.

The intention of allowing only one outstanding HeartbeatRequest
is a very simple form of CC.

Best regards
Michael
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