On Fri, 2005-11-04 at 23:01 +0100, Jozsef Kadlecsik wrote: > On Fri, 4 Nov 2005, Harrison, James wrote: > > > We have determined, that during large(50-100MB) file transfers the > > firewall is spuriously sending a tcp reset to both server and client. > [...] > > netfilter sends RST if it was configured to do so by using the REJECT > target. > > No vanilla netfilter sends RST to client and server, in any setup. > > Best regards, > Jozsef > - > E-mail : kadlec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, kadlec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > PGP key : http://www.kfki.hu/~kadlec/pgp_public_key.txt > Address : KFKI Research Institute for Particle and Nuclear Physics > H-1525 Budapest 114, POB. 49, Hungary I understand, but the file transfer is initiated, begins, and can and will run for a period of time, then out of the blue it fires the RST. Why? -- James Harrison RHCE Manager, Information Security
