Re: Need some explanations regarding connections
On Thursday 27 August 2009 15:41:46 Amar Cosic wrote:
> Can anyone tell me what exacly this connections means (example of
> netstat -nt):
>
> tcp6 0 0 ::1:60834 ::1:443 TIME_WAIT
> tcp6 0 0 ::1:60845 ::1:443 TIME_WAIT
> ...
That just means that you had a Ipv6 TCP connection from [::1]:60845
(probably your browser) to [::1]:443 (which should be your local SSL web
server), which is closed now. TIME_WAIT is your current connection
state. See [1] for a state diagram and [2] for a bit more detailed
description of TCP.
> Anythig I should worry about?
No.
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tcp_state_diagram_fixed.svg
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmission_Control_Protocol
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