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   From: grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se   
      
   On Sat, 2009-12-12, karthikbalaguru wrote:   
   > Hi,   
   >   
   > What is the idea behind increasing the timeout   
   > by a factor of 2 whenever the timer expires to   
   > start a retransmission in TCP and Why specifically   
   > multiply by 2 to get "new_timeout = 2 * timeout"?   
      
   Why not?   
      
   Doesn't it seem fair that with more and more failed retransmission   
   attempts, this connection gets less and less attention by the stack,   
   compared to other, working connections?   
      
   Backing off when there seems to be a problem is, I think, a generally   
   good idea.   
      
   /Jorgen   
      
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