Re: MTUs on different paths

Philippe Prindeville <philipp@gipsi.gipsi.fr> Tue, 12 December 1989 13:52 UTC

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Date: Tue, 12 Dec 1989 14:52:05 -0100
From: Philippe Prindeville <philipp@gipsi.gipsi.fr>
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To: art@sage.acc.com
Subject: Re: MTUs on different paths
Cc: MTU Discovery <mtudwg>

When TCP receives a connection request, is it compelled to
complete the connect (SYN-ACK, and all that) at the same TOS?
If so, then the piggy-backing problem isn't (a problem), since
the information will be symmetrically conveyed...

-Philip