Re: zero window probes on linux (fwd)

[Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 14 Apr 2004 14:27:09 +0530 (IST)
Praveen Kumar Amritaluru <praveen@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > >   This  seems  to be a bug.  Has it been  already  fixed in  later
> > >   kernel versions or is this how it is intended to remain?
> > 
> > iirc this was intentional. The RFC suggested method doesn't work when 
> > talking to 
> > some stacks.
> > 
> 
>       But  that  cannot  be  valid  enough   justification  for  doing
>       something against RFC right?

Of course it is. Welcome to the real world. RFC1122 has a lot of bugs and 
sometimes
does not describe really implemented practice (e.g. BSD set the defacto standard
in many behaviours and it does not always follow 1122) 

-Andi