Wireshark · Wireshark-users: [Wireshark-users] How does wireshark identify tcp streams?

[Irfan Habib <irfan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

Wireshark assigns numbers to tcp streams in a pcap file and packets can be filtered based on that tcp stream number.  My question is, what properties in a packet does wireshark use to determine which tcp stream it is part of? 

I'm sure this is a pretty basic question, so please excuse my ignorance.

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Best Regards,

Irfan