[erlang-bugs] : : Follow up: [BUG] gen_tcp:connect/3, 4 returns socket for closed port

[Raimo Niskanen]

On Tue, Sep 09, 2008 at 06:47:25AM -0400, Edwin Fine wrote:
> Raimo,
> 
> Yes, it must be a port that is open in the firewall but have no listening
> socket.
> I have not tried it on other targets (I only have Windows and Linux, and I
> tried connecting from Linux to Windows XP).
> 
> Hope this helps.

I can reproduce the bug on a SLES 10 SP 1 x86_64 
"Erlang (BEAM) emulator version 5.6.4 [source] [64-bit] [smp:4] [async-threads:0] [hipe] [kernel-poll:false]\n"
both towards an XP machine and towards another SLES 10 machine,
but oddly enough not against the machine itself neither over
the loopback interface nor the external interface. It probably
suggests badass timing is involved. I hope debug compiled
still shows the symptom.

I'll be back...

> 
> On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 3:12 AM, Raimo Niskanen <
> raimo+erlang-bugs@REDACTED <raimo%2Berlang-bugs@REDACTED>>wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, Sep 08, 2008 at 08:43:22AM -0400, Edwin Fine wrote:
> > > Raimo,
> > >
> > > Thanks for the response. Good luck finding the bug. I just confirmed that
> > it
> > > is still present on R12B-4. Please note that you need to connect to a
> > port
> > > that is open but with no program using it (e.g. one could try port 80
> > > without httpd running). Sorry to state the obvious, it's a bad habit of
> > > mine.
> >
> > Nono, please state the obvious. People often leave out the
> > obvious, that they think. And it turns out to be non-obvous.
> >
> > But on the other hand it may be confusing too. Do you mean
> > that it must be a port that is open in the firewall
> > but have no listening socket so you get the RST response
> > from the TCP stack on the target machine (that is supposed
> > to be Windows XP.  Have you tried other targets? Since you
> > report having seen SYN in RST out on the target for all
> > connection attempts it should not matter).
> >
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Edwin Fine
> > >
> > > On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 6:00 AM, Raimo Niskanen <
> > > raimo+erlang-bugs@REDACTED<raimo%2Berlang-bugs@REDACTED><
> > raimo%2Berlang-bugs@REDACTED<raimo%252Berlang-bugs@REDACTED>
> > >>wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Sun, Sep 07, 2008 at 03:23:21PM -0400, Edwin Fine wrote:
> > > > > Hi OTP Team,
> > > > >
> > > > > I realize you have been very busy with the R12B-4 release, and this
> > is
> > > > not a
> > > > > complaint or criticism, just a request for info.
> > > >
> > > > Perhaps it should be...
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > I reported this bug some weeks ago and have not received an
> > > > acknowledgment.
> > > > > I simply want to know if you accepted it, rejected it, or fixed it
> > > > already
> > > >
> > > > You are right, we have been busy with the release.
> > > >
> > > > Your problem (as we say in swedish) fell between the chairs.
> > > > If it is an inet_drv bug it is one guys problem, an SMP bug
> > > > another guys problem. But enough excuses...
> > > > we will look into it now. It sounds serious.
> > > >
> > > > > (and if so, in which release the fix appears). I have had to code
> > around
> > > > > this and would like to know if I can remove that code.
> > > > >
> > > > > Link to original bug report:
> > > > > http://www.erlang.org/pipermail/erlang-bugs/2008-August/000931.html
> > > > >
> > > > > Best regards,
> > > > > Edwin Fine
> > > >
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