Re: fin wait states
Henning Brauer <[email protected]> Mon, 29 Jun 2026 14:33:02 +0200
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* Thea DeSilva <[email protected]> [2026-06-13 23:12]: > I know very little about > what fin wait states are. Could it be an indication that I'm being DOSed? it's an indication that you use TCP. fin_wait states are like a hint to the involved endpoints to not recycle ports before 2MSL has passed. it's simply how tcp works. -- Henning Brauer, [email protected], [email protected] BS Web Services GmbH, http://bsws.de, Full-Service ISP Secure Hosting, Mail and DNS. Virtual & Dedicated Servers, Root to Fully Managed Henning Brauer Consulting, http://henningbrauer.com/