What is the initial RTO value of TCP in Red Hat Enterprise Linux?
Issue
- How does Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 compute the TCP retransmission timer?
- What is the initial RTO (Retransmission Time Out) value of TCP in Red Hat Enterprise Linux?
- Does RHEL compute TCP RTO with an intial value of 1 second (instead of 3 seconds) as per RFC 2988bis?
- Does RHEL conform to RFC 6298 which superseded the draft RFC 2988bis?
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
- TCP (Transmission Control Protocol)
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