Wireshark-bugs: [Wireshark-bugs] [Bug 11741] New: Suggestion for re-phrasing the TCP Window Full
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Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2015 20:44:41 +0000
Bug ID 11741
Summary Suggestion for re-phrasing the TCP Window Full message
Product Wireshark
Version 2.0.0
Hardware x86
OS Mac OS X 10.10
Status UNCONFIRMED
Severity Enhancement
Priority Low
Component Qt UI
Assignee bugzilla-admin@wireshark.org
Reporter niels.j.larsen@gmail.com 

Build Information:
Version 2.0.0 (v2.0.0-0-g9a73b82 from master-2.0)

Copyright 1998-2015 Gerald Combs <gerald@wireshark.org> and contributors.
License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 or later
<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html>
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

Compiled (64-bit) with Qt 5.3.2, with libpcap, without POSIX capabilities, with
libz 1.2.5, with GLib 2.36.0, with SMI 0.4.8, without c-ares, without ADNS,
with
Lua 5.2, with GnuTLS 2.12.19, with Gcrypt 1.5.0, with MIT Kerberos, with GeoIP,
with QtMultimedia, without AirPcap.

Running on Mac OS X 10.10.5, build 14F27 (Darwin 14.5.0), with locale C, with
libpcap version 1.5.3 - Apple version 47, with libz 1.2.5, with GnuTLS 2.12.19,
with Gcrypt 1.5.0.
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4850HQ CPU @ 2.30GHz (with SSE4.2)

Built using llvm-gcc 4.2.1 (Based on Apple Inc. build 5658) (LLVM build
2336.9.00).

Wireshark is Open Source Software released under the GNU General Public
License.

Check the man page and http://www.wireshark.org for more information.
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The TCP Window Full message displayed by TCP Analysis is currently reading "TCP
transmission window is now completely full" on packets from the sender.

I would argue that phrasing could be mistaken since it's actually the result of
a calculation indicating that the TCP *receive* window of the receiver is now
completely full.
We know there also exists a TCP sender window, but it's not visible in a packet
capture, hence I don't consider it wise to "sort of" reference to it.

Would something like "TCP receive window of receiver is now completely full"
not be more precise?

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