Regarding Theodore Bashkow I found a reference in this article http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.53.880&rep=rep… "[Jain 90a], N. Jain, M. Schwartz and T. R. Bashkov, "Transport Protocol Processing at GBPS Rates.", Computer Communications Review, Vol. 20 (4), 1990, pp. 188-199." No idea if this 'bashkov' is the 'bashkow' in the 'what's missing' discussion. Cheers, rudi