How to edit TCP window size from iptables?

There is TCPMSS target to edit MSS value of connections (including forwarded).

How to edit window size (for example, cap to some maximum value) by iptables rule?

Expecting something like

iptables -t mangle -A OUTPUT -p tcp --dport 1234 -j TCPWINDOW --tcpwindow-set 'min(val,100000)'

Answer

To change TCP window from iptables you need to:

iptables -t mangle -I OUTPUT -p tcp --sport 80 --tcp-flags SYN,ACK SYN,ACK -j TCPWIN --tcpwin-set 1000

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Source : Link , Question Author : Vi. , Answer Author : sergej

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