BCP 159

RFC 6191

"Reducing the TIME-WAIT State Using TCP Timestamps", April 2011

Canonical URL:

http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6191.txt
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Status:

BEST CURRENT PRACTICE

Author:

F. Gont

Stream:

IETF

Source:

tcpm (tsv)

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Abstract

This document describes an algorithm for processing incoming SYN segments that allows higher connection-establishment rates between any two TCP endpoints when a TCP Timestamps option is present in the incoming SYN segment. This document only modifies processing of SYN segments received for connections in the TIME-WAIT state; processing in all other states is unchanged. This memo documents an Internet Best Current Practice.

For the definition of Stream, see RFC 4844.