According to Robin Munn <rmunn at pobox.com>: > "exceptional conditions" (I don't know what constitutes an "exceptional > condition" on a TCP/IP socket; one of the RFC's should be able to tell > you). OOB data. On the wire these will be TCP segments with the URG flag on. -- Ng Pheng Siong <ngps at netmemetic.com> * http://www.netmemetic.com