target = "https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9000#section-21.4" # 21.4. Optimistic ACK Attack # # An endpoint that acknowledges packets it has not received might cause # a congestion controller to permit sending at rates beyond what the # network supports. An endpoint MAY skip packet numbers when sending # packets to detect this behavior. An endpoint can then immediately # close the connection with a connection error of type # PROTOCOL_VIOLATION; see Section 10.2. [[spec]] level = "MAY" quote = ''' An endpoint MAY skip packet numbers when sending packets to detect this behavior. '''