A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries. RFC 6298 Title: Computing TCP's Retransmission Timer Author: V. Paxson, M. Allman, J. Chu, M. Sargent Status: Standards Track Stream: IETF Date: June 2011 Mailbox: vern@icir.org, mallman@icir.org, hkchu@google.com, mts71@case.edu Pages: 11 Characters: 22454 Obsoletes: RFC2988 Updates: RFC1122 I-D Tag: draft-paxson-tcpm-rfc2988bis-02.txt URL: http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6298.txt This document defines the standard algorithm that Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) senders are required to use to compute and manage their retransmission timer. It expands on the discussion in Section 4.2.3.1 of RFC 1122 and upgrades the requirement of supporting the algorithm from a SHOULD to a MUST. This document obsoletes RFC 2988. [STANDARDS-TRACK] This document is a product of the TCP Maintenance and Minor Extensions Working Group of the IETF. This is now a Proposed Standard Protocol. STANDARDS TRACK: This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the Internet community,and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the Internet Official Protocol Standards (STD 1) for the standardization state and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. This announcement is sent to the IETF-Announce and rfc-dist lists. To subscribe or unsubscribe, see http://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce http://mailman.rfc-editor.org/mailman/listinfo/rfc-dist For searching the RFC series, see http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfcsearch.html. For downloading RFCs, see http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc.html. Requests for special distribution should be addressed to either the author of the RFC in question, or to rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org. Unless specifically noted otherwise on the RFC itself, all RFCs are for unlimited distribution. The RFC Editor Team Association Management Solutions, LLC _______________________________________________ IETF-Announce mailing list IETF-Announce@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce