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To: dennis@etinc.com (dennis)
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Subject: Re: TCP Window question 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 15 Apr 96 17:49:17 PDT."
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Date: Tue, 16 Apr 1996 09:35:42 PDT
From: Bill Fenner <fenner@parc.xerox.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