The "Goodbye" Problem - Computerphile

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You say "bye" first! - no, you say "bye" first! - how do you know when to close the connection? Dr Richard G. Clegg of Queen Mary University London talks us through this frustrating network problem.

nb As some eagle-eyed commenters have spotted, Richard meant to say FIN FIN/ACK ACK for the shut down sequence.

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This video was filmed and edited by Sean Riley.

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