Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 2 May 1998 10:23:05 -0700 | From | "David S. Miller" <> | Subject | Re: loopback and TCP retransmit timer |
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Date: Sat, 02 May 1998 19:21:45 +0200 From: Rob van Nieuwkerk <robn@verdi.et.tudelft.nl>
> And you're sending to port zero where nobody can listen, so the resets ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Why's that ? I've been wondering about it before. Do I miss something obvious ?
It's more so by accident in all the existing implementations than intentional, actually it is probably because 0's have special meaning in many parts of ipv4 as a "wildcard" value, so this is probably where it comes from.
Later, David S. Miller davem@dm.cobaltmicro.com
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