Subject: Re: TCP packet size and delivery packet decisions

From: Rick Jones <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:57:33 -0700

> Is there a hard requirement about segment size being at most half the
> window ?

In the deep, dark, past of other stacks, there were concerns about devolving 
into stop-start.  I suppose from a theoretical standpoint, there is a chance 
that MSS==window, coupled with immediate ACKnowledgement on the receiver could 
send zero windows that might elicit undesirable probes?

rick jones