I used Wireshark to capture packets on interface lo0 on Lion, Mountain Lion and 
Mavericks. Remember, the client is Google Chrome and the server is a launchd 
process. Both client and server are local (127.0.0.1). A summary of the packet 
trace for the three OS versions follows. For brevity, C=client and S=server.


Lion (fails)

1) C: SYN
2) S: SYN, ACK
3) C: ACK
4) S: Dup ACK (of #2)
5) C: Client Hello (TLS 1.0)
6) S: ACK
7) C: FIN, ACK
8) S: ACK
9) C: Dup ACK (of #7)
10) S: FIN, ACK
11) C: ACK


Mountain Lion (fails)

1) C: SYN
2) S: SYN, ACK
3) C: ACK
4) S: TCP window update + ACK
5) C: Client hello (TLS 1.2)
6) S: ACK
7) C: FIN, ACK
8) S: ACK
9) C: Dup ACK (of #7)
10) S: Server hello
11) C: RST


Mavericks (successful)

1) C: SYN
2) S: SYN, ACK
3) C: ACK
4) S: TCP Window Update + ACK
5) C: Client Hello (TLS 1.2)
6) S: ACK
7) S: Server Hello
8( C: ACK
9) S: Certificate
10) C: ACK
11) S: Server Hello Done
12) C: ACK
13) C: Client key exchange, change cipher spec, encrypted handshake message
14) S: ACK
15) S: Change Cipher Spec
16) C: ACK
etc.

It looks to me like the client’s SSL stack is ending the conversation early by 
setting the FIN flag in step #7. Is that a correct conclusion? How do I prevent 
or mitigate this?

/Mick




On Nov 6, 2014, at 1:35 AM, Quinn The Eskimo! <eski...@apple.com> wrote:

> 
> On 5 Nov 2014, at 19:09, Mitchell Laurren-Ring <li...@rynosoft.com> wrote:
> 
>> What should I look for in the tcpdump?
> 
> You'll need to use a higher-level tool to decode the TCP stream as TLS.  A 
> lot of folks do this with the Wireshark app.  Personally, I can't cope with 
> its UI, so I tend to use the "tshark" tool that comes bundled within 
> Wireshark.
> 
> Share and Enjoy
> --
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