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Abstract:
The TCP user timeout controls how long transmitted data may remain unacknowledged
before a connection is forcefully closed. It is a local, per-connection parameter. This document specifies a new
TCP option -- the TCP User Timeout Option -- that allows one end of a TCP connection
to advertise its current user timeout value. This information provides advice to the other
end of the TCP connection to adapt its user timeout accordingly. Increasing the user timeouts on
both ends of a TCP connection allows it to survive extended periods without end-to-end
connectivity. Decreasing the user timeouts allows busy servers to explicitly
notify their clients that they will maintain the connection state only for a short
time without connectivity. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
Authors:
Fernando Gont <fernando@gont.com.ar>
Lars Eggert <lars.eggert@nokia.com>
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