TCP implementations will follow a general principle of robustness: be conservative in what you do, be liberal in what you accept from others.


The "Robustness Principle", RFC 793, Transmission Control Protocol, entire text of section 2.10 (September 1981)

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TCP implementations will follow a general principle of robustness: be conservative in what you do, be liberal in what you accept from others.

TCP implementations will follow a general principle of robustness: be conservative in what you do, be liberal in what you accept from others.

TCP implementations will follow a general principle of robustness: be conservative in what you do, be liberal in what you accept from others.

TCP implementations will follow a general principle of robustness: be conservative in what you do, be liberal in what you accept from others.