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From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Subject: Re: [TCP] window reduction fix
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From: John Heffner <jheffner@psc.edu>
Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2006 15:17:23 -0400

> Hm, wouldn't that violate the TCP spec?

Yes, this cannot be right.  One cannot shrink the offered
window under any circumstance.

If we over-advertised the window, that isn't something we
can "clean up" like this.