It is also called a "sawtooth" or similar terms. Just google "tcp sawtooth" and you will see many references, and images that depict the traffic pattern.
HTH, Fred Reimer | Secure Network Solutions Architect Presidio | www.presidio.com <http://www.presidio.com/> 3250 W. Commercial Blvd Suite 360, Oakland Park, FL 33309 D: 954.703.1490 | C: 954.298.1697 | F: 407.284.6681 | frei...@presidio.com CCIE 23812, CISSP 107125, HP MASE, TPCSE 2265 On 6/18/13 9:20 AM, "Jakob Heitz" <jakob.he...@ericsson.com> wrote: >> Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:04:52 -0600 >> From: Phil Fagan <philfa...@gmail.com> >> ... you could always >> thread the crap out of whatever it is your transactioning across the >>link >> to make up for TCP's jackknifes... > >What is a TCP jackknife? > >Cheers. >Jakob. >