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Diffstat (limited to 'pkg/tcpip')
| -rw-r--r-- | pkg/tcpip/transport/tcp/rcv.go | 7 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/pkg/tcpip/transport/tcp/rcv.go b/pkg/tcpip/transport/tcp/rcv.go index bc920a03b..cfd43b5e3 100644 --- a/pkg/tcpip/transport/tcp/rcv.go +++ b/pkg/tcpip/transport/tcp/rcv.go @@ -436,6 +436,13 @@ func (r *receiver) handleTimeWaitSegment(s *segment) (resetTimeWait bool, newSyn // Just silently drop any RST packets in TIME_WAIT. We do not support // TIME_WAIT assasination as a result we confirm w/ fix 1 as described // in https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1337#section-3. + // + // This behavior overrides RFC793 page 70 where we transition to CLOSED + // on receiving RST, which is also default Linux behavior. + // On Linux the RST can be ignored by setting sysctl net.ipv4.tcp_rfc1337. + // + // As we do not yet support PAWS, we are being conservative in ignoring + // RSTs by default. if s.flagIsSet(header.TCPFlagRst) { return false, false } |