i just had the weirdest problem with two computers. both use windows:
user in computer A has to execute a program that's in a network drive that maps a shared folder in computer B. when user executes it, computer A can't reach computer B. it stops answering ping, but it works correctly again after a few minutes
i checked and in fact computer B is receiving the icmp packets. it just ignores them. why would this be? i found out that computer B starts ignoring computer A's packets after it denies access to the share a few times (computer A tried to 'tree connect' and computer B would deny access). then computer A closes session, sends a packet with the RST flag and that's when computer B starts ignoring computer A packets. this is the weirdest thing i've ever came across.
another thing is that other computers do the same (executing that binary) and they work fine. it's just this computer that won't work. and it does a weird thing that the other computers don't: it doesn't tries to authenticate as 'computerA\user' but it sends '\' instead, which i think is called a null authentication. i tried to explicitly make it authenticate as 'computerA\user'. i don't use windows and i don't know what's happening here. it's very weird
>>54431194
nice blog post
>>54431194
Install Gentoo.
>>54431212
what?
>>54431252
no. the people using these computers aren't good with computers. also they have to use software made for windows
>>54431212
nice shitpost
also i forgot to say that it isn't the firewall. so what the fuck? why would something besides the firewall drop packets like that?
