Re: Blocked incoming ICMP, getting outgoing ICMP [3] Destination Unreachable
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Re: Blocked incoming ICMP, getting outgoing ICMP [3] Destination Unreachable

From: Eirik Seim <eirik@mi.uib.no>
Date: Mon Feb 27 2006 - 19:18:39 CET

On Sat, 25 Feb 2006 20:38:13 -0600, Moe Trin wrote:

> [ ... ] the normal stack makes three tries, so
> a ACK/RST or ICMP type 3 is better as it sends a total of two packets.

Around Windows 2000, it ignored TCP RSTs, sending three SYNs
anyways. At least a couple of machines I observed...

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