Ack/Fin packets dropped.

Jesper Dybdal netfilter@dybdal.dk
Wed, 01 Aug 2001 11:49:24 +0200


On Tue, 31 Jul 2001 08:27:37 -0300, Harald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.org> =
wrote:

>Do you really think you receive an ACK/FIN packet more than 10 seconds =
after
>the first end of the connection was closed?  10 _seconds_ ?  I don't =
think
>so.  I'd rather say something strange is going on, maybe some state =
transition
>wrong, or whatever.

I don't have the detailed knowledge of IP to have a qualified opinion =
about
that.  But yes, it does sound strange.  And it is not only ACK/FIN =
packets; I
also see "ACK PSH" and "RST" packets, though less often than the =
ACK/FINs.

--=20
Jesper Dybdal, Denmark <jesper@dybdal.dk>.
http://www.dybdal.dk (in Danish).