From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Rick Jones Subject: Re: Suppress / delay SYN-ACK Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 09:13:38 -0700 Message-ID: <452E69B2.4030306@hp.com> References: <000101c6edd5$a880d430$1a04010a@V505CP> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from palrel10.hp.com ([156.153.255.245]:31397 "EHLO palrel10.hp.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932273AbWJLQNj (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Oct 2006 12:13:39 -0400 To: Martin Schiller In-Reply-To: <000101c6edd5$a880d430$1a04010a@V505CP> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org Martin Schiller wrote: > Hi! > > I'm searching for a solution to suppress / delay the SYN-ACK packet of a > listening server (-application) until he has decided (e.g. analysed the > requesting ip-address or checked if the corresponding other end of a > connection is available) if he wants to accept the connect request of the > client. If not, it should be possible to reject the connect request. How often do you expect the incomming call to be rejected? I suspect that would have a significant effect on whether the whole thing is worthwhile. rick jones