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From: barmar@think.com
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: RFC793 pages 23 and 61
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Date: 1 Dec 89 23:53:55 GMT
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In article <1989Dec1.232714.23698@brutus.cs.uiuc.edu> zweig@cs.uiuc.edu writes:
>Which page is in error?

Page 61 is wrong.  See p.93 of RFC1122, section 4.2.2.20.(a).  If you're
implementing a TCP you should read all of section 4.2.2 of RFC1122,
"Requirements for Internet Hosts -- Communications Layers", which documents
a number of errors in RFC793.  In fact, you should read this entire
document (as well as its companion, RFC1123, which documents the
application layer and support protocols).
Barry Margolin, Thinking Machines Corp.

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