Subject: Re: perhaps time to check our TCP against spec?
To: Jonathan Stone <jonathan@dsg.stanford.edu>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: tech-net
Date: 04/06/1998 21:27:43
On Mon, 06 Apr 1998 19:05:53 -0700
Jonathan Stone <jonathan@DSG.Stanford.EDU> wrote:
> Yes, that, and that merely RFC-conformant hosts (or NetBSD hosts
> without the more aggressive ACK changes) would only be ACKing2*MSS.
> Which could be a heck of a lot more than twice the actual `MSS'
> derived from the interface.
NetBSD does not ACK every 2*rxMSS. It ACKs every two segments received,
regardless of size.
> Is that in 1.3.1 or not?
If he "just committed" it, obviously it's not.
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