[e2e] Can we revive T/TCP ?

Bob Braden braden at ISI.EDU
Tue Mar 28 09:43:53 PST 2006


  *> 
  *> I think the right solution to the T/TCP problem would be to clone an
  *> existing connection.  This would remove most of the security issues,
  *> and let you bootstrap the congestion control state.

Mark,

I think you have just reinvented Bob Thomas' Reconnection Protocol for
the ARPAnet NCP!  See RFC 426, January 1973.  Good ideas just never
disappear, they only hide and reappear.

Bob Braden



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