On Wed, 14 Apr 2004 17:35:33 +0530 (IST)
Praveen Kumar Amritaluru <praveen@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > > This seems to be a bug. Has it been already fixed in later
> > > > > kernel versions or is this how it is intended to remain?
> > > >
> > > > iirc this was intentional. The RFC suggested method doesn't work when
> > > > talking to
> > > > some stacks.
> > > >
> > >
> > > But that cannot be valid enough justification for doing
> > > something against RFC right?
> >
> > Of course it is. Welcome to the real world. RFC1122 has a lot of bugs and
> > sometimes
> > does not describe really implemented practice (e.g. BSD set the defacto
> > standard
> > in many behaviours and it does not always follow 1122)
>
> So do u consider mandating definition of zero-window probes as defined
> in RFC793 as a bug in RFC1122?
They are not directly a bug, but are just not what the world standardized on.
> Or else r u saying this bug is introduced in linux to take care of
> faulty stacks existing in the world. zero-window probes as defined
> in RFC1122 is not buggy right?
Implementing a production network stack is not about following some standard to
the
letter, but about interoperating with real implementations in a useful matter.
Linux does that.
-Andi
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