| Description | The state of this TCP connection.
Since the TCP connection can belong to this table
only when its state is less than SYN_SENT, only
closed and listen state apply.
The only value which may be set by a management
station is deleteTCB(12). Accordingly, it is
appropriate for an agent to return a `badValue'
response if a management station attempts to set
this object to any other value.
If a management station sets this object to the
value deleteTCB(12), then this has the effect of
deleting the TCB (as defined in RFC 793) of the
corresponding connection on the managed node,
resulting in immediate termination of the
connection.
As an implementation-specific option, a RST
segment may be sent from the managed node to the
other TCP endpoint (note however that RST
segments are not sent reliably). |