On Mon, Jun 11, 2001 at 02:37:10PM -0500, Jonathan Lemon wrote:
> In article
><local.mail.freebsd-net/[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you write:
> >First off, I hope this is the right list.
> >
> >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.
Sorry I've been ignoring this; I'm still getting caught up from my
vacation. Niels, how has OpenBSD handled this?
Kris
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