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A new mTCP is available (2022-07-01) (Announce)

posted by mbbrutman , Washington, USA, 21.01.2023, 21:28

> From http://www.brutman.com/mTCP/
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> -0-0-0-0-0-0-
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> 2023-01-02: An test version of mTCP that has a fix for bad TCP Explicit
> Congestion Notification is available.
>
> There is a bug in the TCP library that affects newer machines using TCP ECN
> (Explicit Congestion Notification). If you try to connect to a machine
> running mTCP and you immediately get a TCP RESET you might be impacted by
> this bug. A test version of mTCP that fixes this bug can be found at
>
> http://www.brutman.com/mTCP/download/mTCP_2023-01-02_ECN_fix.zip
>
> Special thanks to Cebtenzzre for a great bug report.


Don't get too excited - it's a minor fix for a very limited problem. I just hate it when I break obvious software engineering rules, like don't depend on the value of reserved bits ...

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Complete thread:

• A new mTCP is available (2022-07-01) - mbbrutman, 07.07.2022, 00:00 (Announce)
  • A new mTCP is available (2022-07-01) - Laaca, 07.07.2022, 16:48
  • A new mTCP is available (2022-07-01) - dggionco, 12.07.2022, 19:29
    • A new mTCP is available (2022-07-01) - dggionco, 12.10.2022, 00:49
      • A new mTCP is available (2022-07-01) - glennmcc, 12.10.2022, 17:12
        • A new mTCP is available (2022-07-01) - ecm, 12.10.2022, 18:41
          • A new mTCP is available (2022-07-01) - rr, 12.10.2022, 21:04
  • A new mTCP is available (2022-07-01) - dggionco, 28.08.2022, 15:06
    • A new mTCP is available (2022-07-01) - mbbrutman, 02.09.2022, 05:37
      • A new mTCP is available (2022-07-01) - Rugxulo, 04.09.2022, 03:40
      • A new mTCP is available (2022-07-01) - DosWorld, 14.10.2022, 13:23
        • A new mTCP is available (2022-07-01) - mbbrutman, 18.10.2022, 06:12
          • A new mTCP is available (2022-07-01) - rr, 23.10.2022, 10:48
  • A new mTCP is available (2022-07-01) - dggionco, 20.01.2023, 19:04
    • A new mTCP is available (2022-07-01) - mbbrutman, 21.01.2023, 21:28