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Wireshark-users: Re: [Wireshark-users] what does the TCP stream mean in wireshark

From: "Mason, Kevin" <kevin.mason@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 23 May 2012 12:40:54 +0000
If you watch a given stream long enough, there will be connection re-use and you will see a sequence of connections.  Also, some windows boxes use TCP TIME-WAIT Assassination, which rapidly reuses tcp ports.  http://blogs.technet.com/b/networking/archive/2010/08/11/how-tcp-time-wait-assassination-works.aspx
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~KEM


On May 23, 2012, at 8:13 AM, nangergong wrote:

Thanks! But previously I saw a tcp stream where there are several TCP connections (I mean mutiple SYN-SYN/ACK-ACK handshakes)

On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 12:48 PM, Martin Visser <martinvisser99@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Nangergong,

A TCP stream is a single connection between two IP addresses, between the two same ports. If you see the beginning you'll see the SYN-SYN/ACK-ACK handshake, an will also see the sequence numbers increasing. Some protocols like HTTP/1.1 can have multiple higher level conversations on the one connection, so I am not sure that is what you might be seeing?

Regards, Martin

MartinVisser99@xxxxxxxxx


On 23 May 2012 20:28, nangergong <nangergong@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
HI, all:

    In wireshark there is an option "Follow the TCP stream", I'm wondering what does it mean? it seems that in such a TCP stream there are multiple TCP connections.

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