> A TCP segment is a thing in its own right. It is not equivalent to an IP packet with protocol 6. Why is that a crazy idea to y'all? Nobody is claiming they'r

> A TCP segment is a thing in its own right. It is not equivalent to an IP packet with protocol 6. Why is that a crazy idea to y'all? Nobody is claiming they're the same in this thread, as far as I can tell. "TCP packet" is simply a pretty clear/unambiguous contraction of "an IP packet carrying TCP", or "an IP packet containing a TCP segment", to me.