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Subject: Re: FreeBSD TCP stack and RST processing [subj changed]
To: jkh@time.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard)
Date: Thu, 2 Oct 1997 01:19:37 +0000 (GMT)
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> > It's been so long since I touched this that I won't offer an opinion.
> > The original idea was ripped from Stevens by vjs and then from me, if
> > memory serves me.
> 
> Well, since it certainly seems to cause deviation from expected
> behavior and none of the other *BSDs have picked it up, shall we
> simply rip it out?

I think the "ignore H_ACK for the compare" suggestion is best.  If we
ripped out everything that the other BSD's didn't agree was BSD, then
you'd lose things like, oh, the new VM code.  And so on.  Not a strong
justifiable argument, IMO.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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