On 8/4/08, RadhaMohan Dhandapani <dradhamohan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > (Apologies if this is not the right list to post this query.) > > I have the following question (purely from an academic standpoint) > regarding the TCP state machine diagram (as is given in books authored > by Richard Stevens, Comer etc. ). There is a transition from the state > FIN_WAIT1 to the state TIME_WAIT upon receipt of a packet with both > FIN & ACK flags set. In what scenario(s) will the other end send such > a packet ? it is the case of simultaeous Close. am I missing something? > [ I was trying to figure out the scenario from the 2.6 source code. I > was able to find the code corresponding to the other two transitions > only viz "FIN_WAIT1 to FIN_WAIT2" and "FIN_WAIT1 to CLOSING"] > > Thanks for your reply. > ~ > Regards, > Radha > -- > 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 > -- 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
