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   From: grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se   
      
   On Wed, 2010-09-15, Elton wrote:   
   > On Sep 15, 12:00 pm, "Ersek, Laszlo"  wrote:   
   >> On Wed, 15 Sep 2010, Elton wrote:   
   >> > Can someone help me with an article/tutorial/post, or explain me the   
   >> > details of the mechanisms that make the difference between solicited and   
   >> > unsolicited packets?   
   >>   
   >> "Solicited" is a human concept. If you "cron" or "at" a program on a   
   >> remote machine via ssh, then log out, so that it tries to connect back to   
   >> your desktop sometime(s) later, that is "solicited", but your desktop's   
   >> firewall (if set up correctly) won't look at it as such until you tell it.   
   >>   
   >> lacos   
   >   
   > I was asking more about details how does it works from the OSI layers   
   > perspective.   
      
   TCP is not based on the OSI model, so that can be tricky.   
      
   (As far as I know it doesn't use the terms "solicited" and   
   "unsolicited" either.  What is the context?  Google seems to indicate   
   that it's a term used in error messages from home firewall software.)   
      
   /Jorgen   
      
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