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IETF RFC 5461
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TCP's Reaction to Soft Errors

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Publisher
IETF
Doc Type
Informational
Pages
13
Abstract
This document describes a non-standard, but widely implemented, modification to TCP's handling of ICMP soft error messages that rejects pending connection-requests when those error messages are received. This behavior reduces the likelihood of long delays between connection-establishment attempts that may arise in a number of scenarios, including one in which dual-stack nodes that have IPv6 enabled by default are deployed in IPv4 or mixed IPv4 and IPv6 environments. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
Publication Date
2009-02-01
Status Note
Informational
DOI
10.17487/RFC5461
Link
https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC5461
Author(s)
Fernando Gont
Keyword(s)
ICMP
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  • Shneiderman, B., "Response Time and Display Rate in Human Performance with Computers", ACM Computing Surveys, 1984. EXTERNAL
  • Gont, F., "On the problem of long delays between connection-establishment attempts in TCP", Work in Progress, January 2009. EXTERNAL
  • Thadani, A., "Interactive User Productivity", IBM Systems Journal, No. 1, 1981. EXTERNAL
  • Zuquete, A., "Improving the functionality of SYN cookies", 6th IFIP Communications and Multimedia Security Conference (CMS 2002), 2002. EXTERNAL
  • Roy, S., Durand, A., and J. Paugh, "Issues with Dual Stack IPv6 on by Default", Work in Progress, July 2004. EXTERNAL
  • Wright, G. and W. Stevens, "TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 2: The Implementation", Addison-Wesley, 1994. EXTERNAL
  • The Linux Project, " http://www.kernel.org ". EXTERNAL
  • Gont, F., "ICMP attacks against TCP" , Work in Progress, October 2008. EXTERNAL
  • Stevens, W., "TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1: The Protocols", Addison-Wesley, 1994. EXTERNAL
  • IETF RFC 816 [Superseded*]
  • IETF RFC 4943 [Active*]
  • RFC5382 — RFC5382 EXTERNAL
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