> >but so far nobody has said "yes, what Iljitsch is describing should
> >work."
>
> Apparently you also didn't get any pointers to RFCs or other
> authoritative sources that say "each and every packet injected into the
> internet must be delivered in sequence".
er... please quote chapter/verse here.
these are "packets" and have sequence numbers
-BECAUSE- they may not be received in order.
the end-system must be designed to place the
packets back in order before presenting the
data to the application.
e.g. this is not a circuit switched network.
--bill
