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 -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@flood.ping.uio.no To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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