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Protocol ossification

Protocol ossification is the loss of flexibility, extensibility and evolvability of network protocols. This is largely due to middleboxes that are sensitive to the wire image of the protocol, and which can interrupt or interfere with messages that are valid but which the middlebox does not correctly recognise. This is a violation of the end-to-end…

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Protocol ossification

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Triples172
Avg. degree1.96
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Protocol ossification

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related to Bibliography · 160
Protocol ossification → ACM SIGCOMM Comput, ACM SIGCOMM Conference, Adam, Alan, Ammar, Analysis Conference, Anna, Applicability, Application, Applied Networking Research Workshop, April, Are TCP, Arkko, Barre, Be, Benjamin, Benoit, Bonaventure, Bottom-Up Investigation, Brian
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Protocol ossification → Changes, Even, Internet, Middleboxes, Not, The, These
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Protocol ossification → Ammar, Internet, Multipath TCP, Significant
is a · 1
Protocol ossification → loss of flexibility

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protocol internet ossification doi protocols ietf 10 network transport wire image extension quic middleboxes rfc middlebox may tcp also 17487

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Protocol ossificationis aloss of flexibility0.90text
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Protocol ossificationrelated to BibliographyTrammell0.60section
Protocol ossificationrelated to BibliographyBrian0.60section
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