On Saturday 25 September 2004 15:30, Mike Frantzen wrote: > > This means that if I use telnet to any open port and then I close the > > connection PF will keep the connection in FIN_WAIT_2 status until the > > time limit expires. > > TCP goes into a 2msl time wait state after the connection closes in case > a segment got delayed in the network. That is how TCP works.
This explains the TIME_WAIT:TIME_WAIT status, but what about FIN_WAIT_2 ?
Ed
