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Re:WiFi without internet on a Southwest flight by colanderman on Thursday September 28, 2023 @05:21PM (#37696054)
Can't this often result in the two machines RSTing each others' TCP connections, depending on firewall settings?
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Re:WiFi without internet on a Southwest flight by angry_octet on Saturday September 30, 2023 @08:31AM (#37714823)
Great question. It could, but there is a strong chance that the true recipient has already partially or fully ACKd the segment, thereby changing the sequence number and preventing a reset.
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