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Re: [quicwg/base-drafts] Small clarification in 12.2 Coalescing Packets (#2900)

Martin Thomson <notifications@github.com> Wed, 17 July 2019 17:23 UTC

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The sentence is correct. The only thing that is uncertain is the length of the packet number, but this also determines the length of the payload field. The question you are attempting to answer is the length of the packet. David is correct to point out that that length can be determined from unencrypted information.

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