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Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 20:17:27 +0200
From: Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz>
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Subject: Re: Client receives TCP packets but does not ACK
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Hi!

> Specifically
> 1.	If the receiver closes and there is unread data many TCP's forget
> 	to RST the sender to indicate that data was lost.

Do at least FreeBSD, Solaris and NT sent RST correctly?

> 2.	There is a flaw in the TCP protocol itself that is extremely unlikely
> 	to bite people but can in theory cause wrong data in some unusual
> 	circumstances that Ian Heavans found and has yet to be fixed by
> 	the keepers of the protocol.

This is interesting; where are details?
								Pavel
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