Name: draft-eggert-gont-tcpm-tcp-uto-option-01
Title: TCP User TimeOut (UTO) Option
State: Active
Authors: L Eggert, Fernando Gont
Group: Individual Submissions (none)
Date: 2004-10-22
The TCP user timeout controls how long transmitted data may remain
unacknowledged before a connection is aborted. TCP implementations
typically use a single, system-wide user timeout value. The TCP User
Timeout Option allows conforming TCP implementations to exchange requests
for individual, per-connection user timeouts. Lengthening the system-wide
default user timeout allows established TCP connections to survive extended
periods of disconnection. On the other hand, shortening the default user
timeout allows busy servers to explicitly notify their clients they will
maintain the connection state information only accross short periods of
disconnection.
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