Hi,
In the "What's New" page for OpenBSD 4.9
http://openbsd.org/49.html#new it states:
Quote:
TCP acknowledgments are no longer delayed on the loopback interface.
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Could someone explain to me why TCP acknowledgements are acknowledged over the loopback? Is this inherent to all the BSD Network stacks? For example, in FreeBSD, the option log_in_vain=1 will show loopback connection attempts to itself. Or am I misunderstanding something? Regards