TCP connection establishment fails because of no response to SYN+ACK due to checksum error

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Issue

  • TCP connection establishment fails because of no response to SYN+ACK due to checksum error
  • The TCP three way handshake is not completed because the final ACK in response to SYN+ACK is not sent
  • Instead the client sends a RST which aborts the connection establishment process

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5

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