Server not sending a SYN/ACK packet in response to a SYN packet
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Published on 2011-08-03T14:37:05Z
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Using iptraf, tcpdump and wireshark I can see a SYN packet coming in but only the ACK FLAG is set in reply packet.
I'm running Debian 5 with kernel 2.6.36
I've turned off window_scaling and tcp_timestamps, tcp_tw_recycle and tcp_tw_reuse:
cat /etc/sysctl.conf
net.ipv4.tcp_tw_recycle = 0
net.ipv4.tcp_tw_reuse = 0
net.ipv4.tcp_window_scaling = 0
net.ipv4.tcp_timestamps = 0
I've attached an image of the wireshark output.
Output to netstat
netstat -natu | grep '72.23.130.104'
tcp 0 0 97.107.134.212:18000 72.23.130.104:42905 SYN_RECV
I've been doing everything possible to find a solution and have yet to figure out the problem, so any help/suggestions are much appreciated.
UPDATE 1: I've set tcp_syncookies = 0 and noticed I am now replying with 1 SYN+ACK for every 50 SYN requests. The host trying to connect is sending a SYN request about once every second.
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