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Even today something as basic as TCP can have interesting bugs.
by coldcode 10y ago
Even today something as basic as TCP can have interesting bugs.
- njharman 10y agoTCP is not simple. TCP is a spec, it could have design bugs. There are many implementations of that spec. New ones created, existing ones modified. It should not be surprising that they have bugs.
- gumby 10y agoI don't consider this a bug in TCP, it's a design mistake in the BSD socket interface. Nevertheless your point is a good one: even old and heavily-used systems will harbor latent bugs. There are surely unfixed design problems in TCP as well!