netdev - Re: [PATCH] make _minimum_ TCP retransmission timeout configurable

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Message-ID: <5640c7e00708291533s30868cc8t69b989f0e53b9569@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 30 Aug 2007 10:33:32 +1200
From:	"Ian McDonald" <ian.mcdonald@...di.co.nz>
To:	"David Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	rick.jones2@...com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] make _minimum_ TCP retransmission timeout configurable

On 8/30/07, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:
> In fact this is a great example why we don't treat RFCs as dictations
> from the gods.  They are often wrong, impractical, or full of fatal
> flaws.
>
Correct - they often have flaws in them, just like all documents. If
that is the case we should try and get the RFCs fixed. I've raised
this in a discussion in the ICCRG group and see if I get any sort of
response.

Ian
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