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...or invalid segments from impacting established connections TCP utilizes a state based model. In a typical client-server application, the client initiates a connection by transmitting a TCP segment to a listening server process. This causes the state of the process to move from the LISTEN state into SYN_RECEIVE if a SYN flag is present. During this state the server acknowledges the clients request setting both the SYN and ACK flags. To complete the three way handshake the client acknowledges the servers response, moving the server from SYN_RECEIVE to ESTABLISHED state. To establish a forged TCP session a...