Why do I see 'invalid SYN cookies' messages in RHEL5?

Solution In Progress - Updated -

Issue

  • Why do I see 'invalid SYN cookies received', reported in netstat -s in RHEL5 releases when there is no "SYN cookie sent" counter?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • TCP

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