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Re: [rtcweb] #13: Transport of DATA_CHANNEL_OPEN

Martin Thomson <martin.thomson@gmail.com> Wed, 17 April 2013 22:01 UTC

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Subject: Re: [rtcweb] #13: Transport of DATA_CHANNEL_OPEN
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On 17 April 2013 14:58, Harald Alvestrand <harald@alvestrand.no> wrote:
> I think I (on behalf of applications I'll be writing) am in the camp of "If
> I asked to be told what the incoming data channel was (by not registering to
> handle data without an OPEN), and didn't get told what it was, I don't want
> the data".
>
> Perhaps provide a few buffers to handle packet reordering.
> But beyond that: Throw the data away.

What if the data is ordered?  Couldn't the data you actually get
depend on the data that got discarded?

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