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Re:Upstreaming multipath TCP by wyldfire on Friday September 27, 2019 @09:59AM (#21092056)
> Specifically, a TCP socket is defined by an (IP, port) pair

It's actually the quadruple (local ip, port, rem ip, port) in the steady state.

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Re:Upstreaming multipath TCP by MuffinFlavored on Friday September 27, 2019 @01:38PM (#21094318)
Does that mean `IP` by itself it a layer 3 term, but (ip, port) is a layer 4 term?

Example: layer 3 knows nothing about ports?

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Re:Upstreaming multipath TCP by zAy0LfpBZLC8mAC on Friday September 27, 2019 @02:21PM (#21094746)
> Example: layer 3 knows nothing about ports?

correct

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Re:Upstreaming multipath TCP by rocqua on Friday September 27, 2019 @06:32PM (#21096849)
Totally right, I misremembered the concept. That makes some of the explanations much easier too.
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