On 7 Aug 1999 13:59:55 GMT 
 hwr@pilhuhn.de (Heiko W.Rupp) wrote:

 > |to something like:
 > |
 > |    		if (opti.ts_present && opti.ts_ecr)
 > |
 > |to ensure that the timestamp is valid before using it to compute a
 > |new RTO.  That seems to have cured my particular problem and seems
 > |like it should be used in the general case, as well (at least thats
 > |my reading of the RFC!).
 > 
 > Mine too. Interestingly, Stevens also describes code like ours
 > (without the check) on page 938 of TCP/IP Illustrated 2.

I agree, as well.  But is this incomplete?  Seems like we want a macro
to encapsulate this test and use it everywhere opti.ts_present is tested,
yes?  Othewise we could end up using bogus timestamp data for PAWS.

        -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>