[asterisk-dev] [Code Review] IAX2 retransmit with encryption enabled fix

[Kevin P. Fleming]

Tim Panton wrote:

> I realize that _strictly_ the iseq indicates all the packets that we
> have seen to date,
> but since it is only treated as an ack why would it be bad if
> re-transmit just re-sent the
> original packet unaltered (except for the retransmit bit flag - which
> isn't in the encrypted
> part of the packet) ?

Because that would cause the other end to retransmit anything it thought
this end had already received, and because the packets are encrypted,
those retransmits would not acknowledge the retransmitted packet we just
sent them.

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