RE: FCIP: A question about framing

[Stephen Byan <Stephen.Byan@quantum.com>]

Randall R. Stewart [mailto:randall@stewart.chicago.il.us] wrote:

> Bernard Aboba wrote:
> > 
> > >I am a bit confused on how the URGENT pointer can be used
> > >to do record marking... which is what is being attempted with
> > >the PUSH bit.
> > 
> > You're not alone.
> > 
> 
> Well, I am glad I am not alone I was beginning to wonder :)

Perhaps the suggestion to use the URGENT pointer was referring to a proposal
for a TCP message boundary option, which overloads the URG bit and urgent
pointer: draft-csapuntz-tcpmsgbnd-00

Regards,
-Steve

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