in reply to πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ Dianne S

maybe we don't trust the network? maybe we hope that the next SYN doesn't get intercepted? or even not simply intercepted and unreceived, but that RST are sent back to us by a malicious carrier and we still want to attempt SYN further in case of loss? or even not a carrier but just a malicious device in the coax hub?
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