Question: Assume Alice, the client, creates a TCP connection with Bob, the server. They exchange data and close the connection. Now Alice starts a new connection

Assume Alice, the client, creates a TCP connection with Bob, the server. They exchange data and close the connection. Now Alice starts a new connection with Bob by sending a new SYN segment. The server responds with the SYN + ACK segment. However, before Bob receives the ACK for this connection from Alice, a duplicate old ACK segment from Alice arrives at Bob’s site. Can this old ACK be confused with the ACK segment Bob is expecting from Alice?

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