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Processing of TCP segments with Mirrored End-points
draft-gont-tcpm-tcp-mirrored-endpoints-00

Document Type Expired Internet-Draft (individual)
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Author Fernando Gont
Last updated 2012-09-30 (Latest revision 2012-03-29)
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Abstract

This document describes a problem found in some popular implementations regarding the processing of TCP segments in which the local endpoint is equal to the remote endpoint. Additionally, it formally updates RFC 793 clarifying how this scenario should be handled.

Authors

Fernando Gont

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