On Sat, 22 Apr 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Well, I cannot generate this sequence, it is not so easy.
I will see what I can do.
> I think you were confused with bug in 2.1 and 2.2 before ~2.2.11,
> Linux blackholed time-wait sockets instead of acking and it resulted
> in lockups of this kind. You misinterpreted this.
No, i think you misinterpreted the problem. The two ends entered the
synchronized CLOSING (or CLOSE_WAIT?) state. Linux would drop a critical
packet, and thus would not exit the synchronized state when the other end
did. This is a Bad Thing. It has nothing to do with TIME_WAIT at all.
Taral
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