On Fri, 18 Apr 2008 22:15:54 +0200 Bernd Eckenfels <ecki@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > In article <OFEFA4A550.2A76AD8A-ON8825742F.00652C39-8825742F.00658BEA@xxxxxxxxxx> you wrote: > > You don't have to listen to do a connect. Two programs (on different > > machines or not) that are doing cross connects works, too. > > Are we talking TCP here? I dont think this is the case SYN and SYN does not > connect. > > Gruss > Bernd > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html This is Simultaneous connection establishment as defined in RFC 793. It is one of the under utilized design choices of TCP, that is also viewed as a security problem by some. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
