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Date:      07 Nov 1999 15:32:02 +0100
From:      Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no>
To:        "Louis A. Mamakos" <louie@TransSys.COM>
Cc:        "Kenneth D. Merry" <ken@kdm.org>, jlemon@americantv.com (Jonathan Lemon), current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: TCP sockets stuck in the CLOSING state
Message-ID:  <xzp3dui1ifx.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
In-Reply-To: "Louis A. Mamakos"'s message of "Sun, 07 Nov 1999 09:14:00 -0500"
References:  <199911052219.PAA01743@panzer.kdm.org> <xzpogd61njn.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <199911071414.JAA77246@whizzo.transsys.com>

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"Louis A. Mamakos" <louie@TransSys.COM> writes:
> I think your interpretation of the TCP spec is in error.  Since the FIN
> occupies sequence space, it's the same as unacknowledged data and should
> be retransmitted, just like any unacked data in the window would be.  
> Eventually, the TCP stack should timeout the connection with an ACK-timeout.

I believe you are correct. Thank you for pointing this out.

DES
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Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@flood.ping.uio.no


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