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   Rick Jones to glen herrmannsfeldt   
   Re: 3-way-handshake   
   09 Aug 10 20:42:23   
   
   From: rick.jones2@hp.com   
      
   glen herrmannsfeldt  wrote:   
   > Can you send data with the SYN/ACK?  If not, it wouldn't seem that   
   > it would cause problems.  In any case, you don't know that it was   
   > received until you get the ACK for it.   
      
   The spec allows for data to be present in the SYN|ACK, as well as the   
   SYN.  One can even have "christmas tree" segments with SYN, data and   
   FIN.  However, presently, data in the SYN segment is not supposed to   
   be presented to the application until the handshake is complete.   
      
   rick jones   
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