An analysis of TCP reset behaviour on the Internet

Computer Communication Review

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 37-44

  Arlitt, Martin ^a   Williamson, Carey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Network Traffic Measurement; TCP; Web; Workload Characterization

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; INTERNET; TELECOMMUNICATION LINKS; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC; WORLD WIDE WEB;

NETWORK TRAFFIC MEASUREMENT; TCP; WORKLOAD CHARACTERIZATION;

NETWORK PROTOCOLS;

EID: 31844442325     PISSN: 01464833     EISSN: 01464833     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1052812.1052823     Document Type: Article

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