On the Implementation of the TCP Urgent Mechanism
draft-ietf-tcpm-urgent-data-07

This Internet-Draft is no longer active. Unofficial copies of old Internet-Drafts can be found here:
http://tools.ietf.org/id/draft-ietf-tcpm-urgent-data.

Abstract:
This document analyzes how current TCP implementations process TCP urgent indications and how the behavior of some widely deployed middleboxes affects how end systems process urgent indications. This document updates the relevant specifications such that they accommodate current practice in processing TCP urgent indications, raises awareness about the reliability of TCP urgent indications in the Internet, and recommends against the use of urgent indications (but provides advice to applications that do). [STANDARDS-TRACK]

Authors:
Fernando Gont <fernando@gont.com.ar>
Andrew Yourtchenko <ayourtch@cisco.com>

(Note: The e-mail addresses provided for the authors of this Internet-Draft may no longer be valid)