Subject: TCP out-of-order packet handling

From: Murali Bashyam <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2002 18:26:13 -0800

Is there any particular reason why TCP out of order packet handling
always drops data from the incoming
segment when it overlaps with the previous segment in the sequence space
and drops overlapping data from the already queued segments which are
succeeding in the sequence space? What consequences are
likely if (say ) one always drops overlapping data only from the
incoming segment?

Murali