On Tue, Jul 06, 2004 at 01:19:55PM -0700, David S. Miller wrote:
> rather it do this, so that diagnosing dumps are easier. If tcpdump
> tries to be too clever, scaling the window, then I might end up
> chasing down a tcpdump bug rather than a TCP one :-)
True - it might want to print '43 (*128=5706)' or something like that.
> What would be more interesting is to get the tcpdump trace from the
> other side of this connection. This is crucial, as it will show how
> and in what way exactly the window scale options and/or window fields
> are being edited by a firewall or other device and thus causing
> the problems.
I have an appointment with Alessandro tomorrow evening at 11PM CEST to do
just that.
It sounds like window scaling may become yet another ECN...
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