Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Linux TCP/IP stack. | Date | Sun, 18 Jul 1999 16:45:51 +0100 (BST) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> I've had a think and a look at the RFC, and _if_ Linux is sending RSTs > in response to T/TCP setup it appears to be a bug. I don't know if > Linux actually does this though. Explanation follows.
It doesnt. We send an ack for the syn|ack only
> So Linux is wrong if it sends RSTs in response, and discarding T/TCP > initial data is ok.
Sending T/TCP initial data is a protocol violation of 793 btw. As the T/TCP RFC is an experimental RFC people who use it actually deserve what they get for "undefined".
Linux however does try to be sensible.
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