Re: ip_conntrack fails to track Windows Vista TCP connection

[Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>]

Fischer, Anna wrote:
>> Subject: Re: ip_conntrack fails to track Windows Vista TCP connection
>>
>> Fischer, Anna wrote:
>>     
>>>>> You're mentioning ip_conntrack, which is obsoleted for multiple
>>>>> years now. Which kernel version are you using?
>>>>>
>>>>>           
>>>> By definition of ip_conntrack, that must be older than 2.6.20.
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> Yes, this is a 2.6.18 Xen kernel that I am using. Even if it is
>>>       
>> obsolete, can you let me know if you are aware of such a problem ever
>> having caused any issues? I just want to get a feeling if I am at least
>> roughly on the right track while figuring out what the problem is.
>>     
>> We've had a couple of problems related to related to
>> acknowledgement numbers in TCP conntrack, I'd suggest
>> you check the nf_conntrack_proto_tcp.c changelogs,
>> basically everything in there should also apply to
>> the old version.
>>     
>
> Thanks for your advice. Why would the problem be in nf_conntrack_proto_tcp and not in ip_conntrack_proto_tcp?
>   

Its not of course, but nf_conntrack_proto_tcp is derived from 
ip_conntrack_proto_tcp,
all the bugfixes also apply to ip_conntrack_proto_tcp.