Re: tcpdump results

Oops... My Bad.  Make that the first 200 BYTES of IP
traffic.  Not 200 bits.

--- Donald Cunningham <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Scott,
> 
> The instance of tcpdump that captured these traces
> was:
> tcpdump -s 200 -n  -w - -F filter.  The filter
> contains "ip" causing this portion of the IDS to
> capture the first 200 bits of all IP traffic.  Since
> the -S switch is missing the result will contain
> relative sequence numbers.  Not that I'm trying to
> argue the point but I believe the number directly
> after the . ack flag is the relative sequence number
> for the tcp sequence.
> 
> Thanks anyway.
> 
> Don
> 
> 
> --- opiesan <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > Hello Don. 
> > 
> > I'm not a TCP/IP guru but I believe the numbers
> > within the curly braces are the beginning and
> ending
> > TCP sequence numbers. Sequence numbers is one of
> the
> > mechanisms TCP uses to guarantee reliable packet
> > delivery. To fully explain what your output is
> > saying, it might help to send the exact tcpdump
> > command you used. Hope this clarifies things
> > somewhat. 
> > 
> > Scott 
> > 
> > 
> > ---- Donald Cunningham <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Hello all,
> > > 
> > > I'm seeing some tcpdump results I don't fully
> > > understand.  Would one of you kindly point me to
> a
> > > reference that will help me understand the
> output
> > of
> > > the traces shown below.  In particular I don't
> > > understand the part of the trace within the
> curly
> > > braces:
> > > 
> > > 09:16:21.486544 local.ip.address.1494 >
> > > remote.ip.address.80: . ack 128341 win 48990
> > > <nop,nop,sack sack 1 {136621:138001} > (DF)
> > > 
> > > 09:16:21.486546 local.ip.address.1494 >
> > > remote.ip.address.80: . ack 128341 win 48990
> > > <nop,nop,sack sack 1 {136621:139381} > (DF)
> > > 
> > > 09:16:21.487166 local.ip.address.1494 >
> > > remote.ip.address.80: . ack 128341 win 48990
> > > <nop,nop,sack sack 1 {136621:140761} > (DF)
> > > 
> > > 09:16:21.487293 local.ip.address.1494 >
> > > remote.ip.address.80: . ack 128341 win 48990
> > > <nop,nop,sack sack 1 {136621:142141} > (DF)
> > > 
> > > 
> > > I know, I know... but I've RTFManpage and it
> > didn't
> > > help.
> > > 
> > > Thanks,
> > > 
> > > Don
> > > 
> > > 
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