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Title : A TCP Test to Allow Senders to Identify Receiver Non-Compliance
Authors : Toby Moncaster
Bob Briscoe
Arnaud Jacquet
Filename : draft-moncaster-tcpm-rcv-cheat-03.txt
Pages : 32
Date : 2014-07-03
Abstract:
The TCP protocol relies on receivers sending accurate and timely
feedback to the sender. Currently the sender has no means to verify
that a receiver is correctly sending this feedback according to the
protocol. A receiver that is non-compliant has the potential to
disrupt a sender's resource allocation, increasing its transmission
rate on that connection which in turn could adversely affect the
network itself. This document presents a two stage test process that
can be used to identify whether a receiver is non-compliant. The
tests enshrine the principle that one shouldn't attribute to malice
that which may be accidental. The first stage test causes minimum
impact to the receiver but raises a suspicion of non-compliance. The
second stage test can then be used to verify that the receiver is
non-compliant. This specification does not modify the core TCP
protocol - the tests can either be implemented as a test suite or as
a stand-alone test through a simple modification to the sender
implementation.
The IETF datatracker status page for this draft is:
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-moncaster-tcpm-rcv-cheat/
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