> original initial the word 'initial [sequence number]' is a term of art, not an adjective that can be substituted. very commonly called ISN. odd that the art

> original initial the word 'initial [sequence number]' is a term of art, not an adjective that can be substituted. very commonly called ISN. odd that the article never used the acronym. > syn cookies are generally bad because they prevent to negotiate window scaling. this is wrong thinking. they degrade performance under "attack", yes. the alternative is instant death. "attacks" need not be from the big bad internet either. my experience is that in the last 10 years most synflood activations are internal buggy or poorly throttled clients. > enabling tcp timestamps in general case brings little benefit disagree, but sibling comment addresses this.