On Oct 13, 2006, at 9:51 AM, Michael van Elst wrote:

> yamt@mwd.biglobe.ne.jp (YAMAMOTO Takashi) writes:
>
>> while "abc" without a context might be obtuse,
>> what "net.inet.tcp.abc" means is clear.
>> (at least, it's clear to me.  otoh, i can't remember what  
>> "rfc3465" is. :-)
>
> Possible. But everyone can look it up which is not so clear for 'abc'.

By look it, you mean go to google and type rfc 3465 ?
Besides the fact that the RFC number is in the sysctl MIB  
description, try searching for "tcp abc rfc" :)

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Rui Paulo