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Fung_To_Puk
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What is "SYN packet in reversed direction"?

There are 2 devices 192.2.1.65(A) and 10.251.0.64(B) which B would send signal throug port 8443 to A to make it initiate OpenVPN connection from A to B  both on port 8000.

But the connection is dropped by "SYN packet in reversed direction", what is this thing?

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PhoneBoy
Admin
Admin

What version/JHF level?
Can you provide a screenshot of the log card with sensitive data redacted?
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Fung_To_Puk
Participant

log_redacted.jpg

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PhoneBoy
Admin
Admin

What about the first question I asked (version/JHF level)?

I've never seen this error message before and it's not even in SK.
However, if we take the message at face value, the destination sent a packet with the SYN flag (and not the ACK flag) set.
Normally, what should happen with the establishment of a TCP connection is the following:

  • Client (origin/source of communication) sends SYN packet to server (destination of communication)
  • Server sends SYN ACK packet back to client
  • Client sends ACK packet to server
  • Client and server exchange data normally per TCP and application conventions

As the destination sending a SYN packet is not considered normal behavior, we drop it.

You can disable this state checking (e.g. the "Drop Out of State TCP Packets" setting in Global Properties), but this is not recommended.

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Fung_To_Puk
Participant

Its R80.10 with JHF take 56

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PhoneBoy
Admin
Admin

That's a fairly old JHF, recommend upgrading to a more recent one at the very least, if not one of the more recent versions.
Might also be worth a TAC case.
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