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RFC 793, "Transmission Control Protocol", September 1981

Note: This RFC has been obsoleted by RFC 9293

Note: This RFC has been updated by RFC 1122, RFC 3168, RFC 6093, RFC 6528

Source of RFC: Legacy
Area Assignment: tsv
See Also: RFC 793 w/ inline errata

Errata ID: 1562
Status: Verified
Type: Technical
Publication Format(s) : TEXT

Reported By: Constantin Hagemeier
Date Reported: 2008-10-11
Verifier Name: Wes Eddy
Date Verified: 2011-08-13

Section 3.3 says:

Remember that each segment is bound to as many consecutive sequence numbers as
there are octets of data in the segment.
...
the numbers occupied by a segment are "busy" or "in use" until MSL seconds have
passed, upon crashing a block of space-time is occupied by the octets of the
last emitted segment,

It should say:

Remember that each segment is bound to as many consecutive sequence numbers as
there are octets of data and SYN or FIN flags in the segment.
...
the numbers occupied by a segment are "busy" or "in use" until MSL seconds have
passed, upon crashing a block of space-time is occupied by the octets and SYN or
FIN flags of the last emitted segment,

Notes:

I changed this text to specifically include the SYN and FIN bits, rather than the previous errata wording which was unclear since other control flags are not part of the sequence space, based on discussion on the TCPM mailing list which indicated that the prior wording was confusing.

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