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From: Jeremy Harris <jgh@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: What are "forward retransmits"?
Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2017 15:05:06 +0100
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On 03/01/17 08:34, Itai Fiat Gecht wrote:
> What are the "forward retransmits" shown by netstat?

Allegedly, rfc 3517 section 4, NextSeg() rule (3).
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