full-disclosure - Reverse engineering the Windows TCP stack

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Date: Mon Apr  4 18:32:43 2005
From: dk at pwarchitects.com (dk)
Subject: Reverse engineering the Windows TCP stack

Nicolas RUFF (lists) wrote:
>>>>Hey, I am looking for Windows TCP/IP stack information, I
>>>>would like to know why it behaves inconsistently to SYN|FIN|URG|PSH!
>>
>>I'm curious about this one too...can you guys keep the replies on the
> 
> list?
> 
> Well, at least when you try to connect to a closed port, Windows retries
> several times (SYN) even when RST has been received. My Linux don't.

I would believe that is incorrect behavior, no? (for the win32 box)

-- 
dk