>>> Do you know if the original connection was over IPv4 or IPv6? (Since I
>>> don't know whether your "localhost" is 127.0.0.1 or ::1)
>> localhost is only 127.0.0.1
> ... but wasn't it you that was involved in a recent exchange about
> "preferring IPv6 when possible" ? On my Solaris 8 box, built with IPv6
> enabled, I see the following:
> $ telnet localhost
> Trying ::1...
> telnet: connect to address ::1: Connection refused
> Trying 127.0.0.1...
> telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused
but localhost is a dns (or /etc/hosts) lookup, and is only defined
as 127.0.0.1 in my case.
Phil Pennock <Phil.Pennock@???> helped suss this one out.
the issue was an ident not getting a rst because the /etc/rc.conf
had
tcp_restrict_rst="YES" # Set to YES to restrict emission of RST
randy