How are TCP timestamps generated and why do they wrap 5 minutes after boot?
Issue
- How are TCP timestamps generated?
- What is the TCP timestamp generation scheme?
- Are TCP Timestamps based on system uptime only?
- Why does tsval wrap after 5 minutes of system boot on RHEL?
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- TCP connection with TCP Timestamps enabled
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