Date: Tue, 16 Apr 1996 09:04:51 -0600 From: Nate Williams <nate@sri.MT.net> To: dennis@etinc.com (dennis) Cc: Nate Williams <nate@sri.MT.net>, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: TCP Window question Message-ID: <199604161504.JAA15364@rocky.sri.MT.net> In-Reply-To: <199604161507.LAA13784@etinc.com> References: <199604161507.LAA13784@etinc.com>
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> >> Will BSD TCP accept packets received out of order? If so, how does it > >> handle delayed delivery to upper layers, and how long does it wait > >> for the missing data? > > > >If you are truly interested in this, you're best bet would be to be the > >Stevens Network book, Volume II, which goes into great detail on > >subjects such as this. > > Im aware of the theory....I was asking about the actual implementation. > Some implementation seem to work much better than others. Volume II of the Steven's book goes into great detail about the implementation of the 4.4BSD network stack. Basically, it's a line-by-line explanation of the code. So, it would be a description of our actual implementation. Nate
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