Does this same bug exist in 3.4.29? Or is the code in error a recent introduction?
3.4.29 is the standard version on 4.7-RELEASE, so without good reason to upgrade, that's what I'm running on my hosts. I'd guess that would be the case with other folks, too. Thanks, ..chris > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of David Hedley > Subject: Bug in fr_tcpsum on *BSD on 3.4.31 > Version: 3.4.31 > Platform: FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE > > There is a bug in the calculation of TCP checksums on *BSD (and > possibly SunOS) platforms. This will cause random timeouts on any > connections using any of the proxy modules (e.g. ftp, rcmd etc). > > The bug is caused by the incorrect combination of the two partial > sums computed for each packet. When the two partial sums are the > same, the result return is 0xffff instead of the correct 0x0000.
