FWIW, you might add "and not attempt to open the connection with
different parameters (e.g., the same socket pair with ENO off, a
different socket pair with ENO off)."

The former is not safe and the latter changes the semantics of the TCP
API incorrectly.

Joe


On 3/7/2017 10:38 PM, David Mazieres expires 2017-06-05 PDT wrote:
> Joe Touch <to...@isi.edu> writes:
>
>> Per RFC793:
>>
>> Abort is an event that the TCP API implements (and can be called by
>> users, the OS, etc.).
>>
>> Reset is a message that TCP issues/receives, and happens within the
>> protocol in reaction to message receipt, timer expiration, or API events.
>>
>> This is why "reset the connection" is imprecise, whereas "abort the
>> connection" is not. ;-)
> Perfect, that's exactly what I needed.  Thank you.
>
> David

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