2. A few reminders about the TCP protocol
This section describes a few principles of TCP protocol operation that are useful for the purposes of this article.
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describes in more detail the basic operation of the TCP protocol, including retransmission and congestion control mechanisms.
Firstly, TCP uses a procedure known as 3WHS (3-way Handshake) to establish a connection between two TCP terminals. Bits (called "flags") are set in a TCP segment to indicate the nature of the segment to the remote terminal:...
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A few reminders about the TCP protocol