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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2014
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Gregory M. Callis, Morrisville, NC (US);
David A Herr, RTP, NC (US);
Mark W. McClintock, Raleigh, NC (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A system, and computer program product for identifying reset source and reason in a TCP session are provided in the illustrative embodiments. A reset packet is prepared for the TCP session. An identifier associated with the target data processing system is added using a first header in the reset packet. The identifier associated with the target data processing system is unknown to a sender a data packet in the TCP session. The sender sends the data packet to another data processing system during the TCP session. A reason for resetting the TCP session is added using a second header in the reset packet. The TCP session is reset by sending the reset packet.