[e2e] TCP improved closing strategies?

Fernando Gont fernando at gont.com.ar
Thu Aug 13 14:09:31 PDT 2009


William Allen Simpson wrote:

>> Well, you do have "improved *opening* strategies" :-). See page 93 of:
>> http://www.gont.com.ar/papers/tn-03-09-security-assessment-TCP.pdf
>>
>> Timestamps can be used to safely recycle the TIME-WAIT state (provided
>> that timestamps are monotonically-increasing across connections.)
>>
> Wonderful!  A good survey.  Nice to have it all in one place.

No need to say: if you have any feedback, it will be appreciated. (Send
it to me at fernando at gont.com.ar)

Thanks!

Kind regards,
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