netdev - Re: Miscalculated TCP ACK ?

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Date:	Mon, 22 Aug 2011 19:58:43 +0200
From:	Hagen Paul Pfeifer <hagen@...u.net>
To:	Gabriel Beddingfield <gabrbedd@...il.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Miscalculated TCP ACK ?

* Gabriel Beddingfield | 2011-08-22 10:34:14 [-0500]:

>I'm having trouble with a particular server via HTTPS.  It appears
>that my local linux machines are sending incorrect ACK.  However, I
>don't have enough expertise to know for sure.
>
>Using wireshark, the server sends:
>
>    Transmission Control Protocol, Src Port: https (443), Dst Port:
>36015 (36015), Seq: 27658, Ack: 827, Len: 18
>
>Local machine replies:
>
>    Transmission Control Protocol, Src Port: 36015 (36015), Dst Port:
>https (443), Seq: 827, Ack: 27677, Len: 0
>
>It appears to me that the ACK is off-by-one (should have been 27676).

No, it is absolutely correct: ACK -> last seen Seq plus one (27658 + 18 + 1):

RFC 793:

    If the ACK control bit is set this field contains the value of the
		next sequence number the sender of the segment is expecting to
		receive.  Once a connection is established this is always sent.


Cheers, Hagen
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