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Subject: Re: Hanging connections
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Date: 12 Oct 89 17:35:00 GMT
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I wonder if you are running into a large packet fragmentation
problem? If something is being fragmented and not reassembled
along the path of routers/gateways your traffic is going, the
TCP connection would get stuck.

Vint Cerf