On Tue, May 07, 2002 at 12:17:23PM +0200, Williamson, Fionn wrote:
> Hi All,

Hi,

> Can anybody PLEASE tell me:
> 
> 1. if the sequence numbers are actually used in iptables to MAINTAIN the
> state of a connection, or if it is merely used to ESTABLISH connections,
> and thereafter ignored.

No, they aren't used actually in stock kernel.

If you want them to be used you have to apply the "tcp-window-tracking"
patch from the patchomatic.

> 2. point me towards documentation confirming or denying this.

The patch in the patchomatic itself
http://cvs.samba.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/netfilter/userspace/patch-o-matic/extra/tcp-window-tracking.patch?rev=1.1&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup
and its documentation :
http://cvs.samba.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/netfilter/userspace/patch-o-matic/extra/tcp-window-tracking.patch.help?rev=1.1&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup

Denis Ducamp.

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