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SubjectRe: [PATCH] fix tcp_default_win_scale.
On Tue, 6 Jul 2004, David S. Miller wrote:

> On Tue, 6 Jul 2004 17:55:12 -0400 (EDT)
> John Heffner <jheffner@psc.edu> wrote:
>
> > Another bit to addr to the firewall / window scale mess: I remember from
> > a while ago that the Cisco PIX firewalls would not allow a window scale of
> > greater than 8. I don't know if they've fixed this or not. It seems
> > like some sort of arbitrary limit.
>
> In what manner did it deal with > 8 window scales? By rewriting the option
> or deleting the option entirely from the SYN or SYN+ACK packets?

I don't recall. It was not as ugly as changing the option value. It may
have just sent a RST.

-John

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