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<<On Tue, 03 Oct 2000 18:16:12 +0100, David Pick <D.M.Pick@qmw.ac.uk> said:

> gets no response (after a time-out) it would be entitled to retry a
> few times in case of packet loss. *But* if it gets a RST, which is a

If net.inet.tcp.blackhole is set, an RST will not be emitted.

-GAWollman

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