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   XPost: comp.arch.embedded, sci.electronics.design   
   From: NotaBrewster@thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org   
      
   On Fri, 11 Sep 2009 08:52:04 -0700 (PDT), Chris Stratton   
    wrote:   
      
   >On Sep 11, 9:42 am, Dimiter Popoff  wrote:   
   >   
   >> Retransmission is an integral part of tcp and the receiver *must*   
   >> be ready to rewind back and accept retransmitted data it has   
   >> already acked, at any offset.  Further, the latest data it has   
   >> received   
   >> has precedence over older data at that offset. But all that   
   >> has been standardised  since decades, consult rfc793 for the details.   
   >   
   >How is a tcp implementation supposed to rewind into data it may have   
   >already delivered to the client application?   
      
     What are those?  "Oooops packets"?  Severe FEC.  :-)   
      
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