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Subject: TCP Timestamp option?
Date: Tue, 09 Apr 2002 12:48:24 -0400
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My packet traces show that FreeBSD 4.5 TCP connections conatin TCP timestamp 
option in the TCP header. So, the TCP/IP header size is 52 bytes (instead of 
40) most of the time.

Is there a reason for including the timestamp option on most of the TCP 
packets?


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