{
    "CLOSED": " There is no connection.",
    "LISTEN": " The local end-point is waiting for a connection request from a remote end-point i.e. a passive open was performed.",
    "SYN_SENT": " The first step of the three-way connection handshake was performed. A connection request has been sent to a remote end-point i.e. an active open was performed.",
    "SYN_RECV": " The second step of the three-way connection handshake was performed. An acknowledgement for the received connection request as well as a connection request has been sent to the remote end-point.",
    "ESTAB": " The third step of the three-way connection handshake was performed. The connection is open.",
    "FIN_WAIT1": " The first step of an active close (four-way handshake) was performed. The local end-point has sent a connection termination request to the remote end-point.",
    "CLOSE_WAIT": " The local end-point has received a connection termination request and acknowledged it e.g. a passive close has been performed and the local end-point needs to perform an active close to leave this state.",
    "FIN_WAIT2": " The remote end-point has sent an acknowledgement for the previously sent connection termination request. The local end-point waits for an active connection termination request from the remote end-point.",
    "LAST_ACK": " The local end-point has performed a passive close and has initiated an active close by sending a connection termination request to the remote end-point.",
    "CLOSING": " The local end-point is waiting for an acknowledgement for a connection termination request before going to the TIME-WAIT state.",
    "TIME_WAIT": " The local end-point waits for twice the maximum segment lifetime (MSL) to pass before going to CLOSED to be sure that the remote end-point received the acknowledgement."
}