[e2e] How many TCP flows fit in the Internet?

[Detlef Bosau]

Am 02.04.2013 09:34, schrieb William Allen Simpson:
> On 3/31/13 2:08 PM, Matt Mathis wrote:
>> You may have overlooked one additional important detail:
>>
>> Linux TCP ignores the requirement in RFC 2018 that the SACK scoreboard
>> be cleared on a timeout.  [...]
>> There is an errata against 2018, with the relevant details.
>
> RFC content and the relevant protocol details aren't changed by
> "errata".  We generally only pay attention to what's actually
> specified by the RFC, not what some Linux implementer decided
> might be better.
>
In this particular case, however, the Linux implementation does make 
more sense then what's written in RFC 2018. Wouldn't it be helpful then 
to update this RFC by a new one?

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