linux-kernel - 2.4/2.6 local TCP connect oddity

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Date:	Sun, 21 Oct 2007 17:53:37 +0200
From:	Tal Kelrich <tal@...icgenome.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: 2.4/2.6 local TCP connect oddity

Hi,

I've run into a problem where a process trying to connect to a local
port within the local port range eventually ends up connected to itself,
with source port = dest port.

similar behavior can be gotten by running netcat as follows:
nc -p 1025 localhost 1025

I'm not really sure if that's a bug, but the original case was at least
unexpected.

Regards,
	Tal Kelrich

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