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Subject: Re: Reliable Datagram ??? Protocols
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>> I may have missed the point but doesn't a PUSH accomplish the same thing?  In
>> which case no modification is required.
   
"A PSH bit is not a record marker and is independent of segment boundaries."
"Passing a received PSH flag to the application layer is now OPTIONAL."
(RFC1122)

Work on a TCP extension for record information rather than taking 
a step back.. 

/John

Policy Routing, 2000: "Through the networks according to their abilities,
			to the applications according to their need."