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

Errata ID: 4314
Status: Held for Document Update
Type: Editorial
Publication Format(s) : TEXT
Reported By: Ramakrishna Rao DTV
Date Reported: 2015-03-26
Held for Document Update by: Martin Stiemerling
Date Held: 2015-04-14

Section 3.3 says:

Since the maximum segment
lifetime in the net is not likely to exceed a few tens of seconds,
this is deemed ample protection for foreseeable nets, even if data
rates escalate to l0's of megabits/sec.  At 100 megabits/sec, the
cycle time is 5.4 minutes which may be a little short, but still
within reason.

It should say:

Since the maximum segment
lifetime in the net is not likely to exceed a few tens of seconds,
this is deemed ample protection for foreseeable nets, even if data
rates escalate to 10's of megabits/sec.  At 100 megabits/sec, the
cycle time is 5.4 minutes which may be a little short, but still
within reason.

Notes:

s/l0/10

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