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0x0 on Feb 18, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: BSD socket API revamp

With packet retransmissions and out-of-order packet delivery, wouldn't there be a risk that the client software at uid=10 sees a clean shutdown and disconnects, but uid=20 instantly binds with the same ports and steals a bunch of delayed packets?

zrm on Feb 19, 2017 [–]

That happens with UDP already and is another reason everything ought to be encrypted with session keys.

But the normal TCP solution of the OS holding released ports in TIME_WAIT for a couple of minutes still works as ever.

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