Mark Butler wrote:
There is no problem manipulating the TCP window per se. The problem is
advertising a window and then shrinking it faster than it is naturally
reduced by incoming data, essentially granting credit to transmit x
bytes, and then revoking that credit. The net result is the peer
transmits data the advertiser said it was going to accept, and then the
advertiser drops it on the floor. RFC793 only has a SHOULD NOT for this
practice, but it is universally condemned nonetheless.
- Mark B.
Thanks Mark, I guess packeteer closes window down properly, I thought
Dave's reply meant that doing that was Treason.
Andy.
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