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Wireshark 2 Quick Start Guide
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Wireshark 2 Quick Start Guide

by Charit Mishra
June 2018
Beginner
164 pages
3h 31m
English
Packt Publishing
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How sequence numbers are generated and managed

You must be wondering who assigns sequence number to packets and how. The device that initiates connection uses Initial Sequence Numbers (ISN) that are generated by the host's operating system. It can be any random number that has no significance with respect to the data. The sequence number we see in the packet one is zero is a relative referencing technique used by Wireshark.

Starting from packet 1, where SEQ=0 (the relative sequence number in real is 704809601), which is received by the server and in return replies with its own SEQ=0 and ACK=1 for the client's SEQ=0. At the end of this three-way handshake, the client replies with SEQ=1 and ACK=1 without any further increments as no data is ...

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