{"draft":"draft-ietf-tcpm-persist-07","doc_id":"RFC6429","title":"TCP Sender Clarification for Persist Condition","authors":["M. Bashyam","M. Jethanandani","A. Ramaiah"],"format":["ASCII","HTML"],"page_count":"7","pub_status":"INFORMATIONAL","status":"INFORMATIONAL","source":"TCP Maintenance and Minor Extensions","abstract":"This document clarifies the Zero Window Probes (ZWPs) described in\r\nRFC 1122 (\"Requirements for Internet Hosts -- Communication Layers\").\r\nIn particular, it clarifies the actions that can be taken on\r\nconnections that are experiencing the ZWP condition.  Rather than\r\nmaking a change to the standard, this document clarifies what has\r\nbeen until now a misinterpretation of the standard as specified in\r\nRFC 1122.  This document is not an Internet Standards Track \r\nspecification; it is published for informational purposes.","pub_date":"December 2011","keywords":["zero window probe","denial of service (DoS)","security vulnerability"],"obsoletes":[],"obsoleted_by":["RFC9293"],"updates":[],"updated_by":[],"see_also":[],"doi":"10.17487\/RFC6429","errata_url":null}