On Mon, Jun 11, 2001 at 02:37:10PM -0500, Jonathan Lemon wrote:
> >Could someone take a look at PR misc/27880?
>
> This was broken by the initial sequence number patch to TCP.
>
> When the server closes the socket, it puts the entry into the
> TIME_WAIT state. When a new SYN is received from the client while the
> socket is in this state, the new connection is only accepted if the
> new sequence number is > than the old one.
>
> Unfortunately, with a randomized seqence #, the new connection ISN may
> be less than the old sequence used, and the SYN will be ignored.
>
> I've copied this over to kris, who (IIRC) brought in the new sequence
> numbering.
Has anyone had a chance to look at this and figure out what the fix
might be?
Thanks.
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