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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

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Errata ID: 6775
Status: Verified
Type: Editorial
Publication Format(s) : TEXT
Reported By: Eugene Adell
Date Reported: 2021-12-05
Verifier Name: RFC Editor
Date Verified: 2021-12-06

Section 3.3 says:

  Note that when the receive window is zero no segments should be
  acceptable except ACK segments.  Thus, it is be possible for a TCP to
  maintain a zero receive window while transmitting data and receiving
  ACKs.  However, even when the receive window is zero, a TCP must
  process the RST and URG fields of all incoming segments.

It should say:

  Note that when the receive window is zero no segments should be
  acceptable except ACK segments.  Thus, it is possible for a TCP to
  maintain a zero receive window while transmitting data and receiving
  ACKs.  However, even when the receive window is zero, a TCP must
  process the RST and URG fields of all incoming segments.

Notes:

s/it is be/it is/

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