2. A few reminders about the TCP protocol
This section describes a few principles of TCP protocol operation that are useful for the purposes of this article.
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Firstly, TCP uses a procedure known as 3WHS (3-way Handshake) to establish a connection between two TCP terminals. Bits (called "flags") are set in a TCP segment to indicate the nature of the segment to the remote terminal:
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