Re: Need help understanding protocol

Olaf van der Spek <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.network.bit-torrent.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
eloocsemaj wrote:
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> I'm trying to understand the peer wire protocol but I'm having some trouble with the 
> cancel message. Can cancel be used to stop a block that is already being transmitted? If 
> not, how is this done? Specifically, how should a client behave in these circumstances:
> - The client receives a cancel message for a block it is currently transmitting.
> - The client wants to cancel a block that it is currently receiving. If sending a cancel 
> message can accomplish this, when is it safe to discard the data in the receiving buffer 
> (where does the next message begin)?

Messages in transit can't be canceled.

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> I apologize if the answers are obvious but this is my first try at network programming and 
> I couldn't find this information in the documentation. Thanks!
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