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Date:      Tue, 16 Apr 1996 09:35:42 PDT
From:      Bill Fenner <fenner@parc.xerox.com>
To:        dennis@etinc.com (dennis)
Cc:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: TCP Window question 
Message-ID:  <96Apr16.093548pdt.177475@crevenia.parc.xerox.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 15 Apr 96 17:49:17 PDT." <199604160049.UAA12627@etinc.com> 

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In message <199604160049.UAA12627@etinc.com> you write:
>Will BSD TCP accept packets received out of order?

Yes.

>If so, how does it handle delayed delivery to upper layers

By queueing out-of-order packets until all packets have arrived.
See tcp_reass().

>and how long does it wait for the missing data?

Until the connection closes due to keepalive failure or other error.

  Bill



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