syncrepl synchronization cookie

[Saket Sathe <saket@cc.iitb.ac.in>]

Hi,
I am a newbie to syncrepl. In my configuration the provider is a OL 
2.3.4 with BDB 4.2.52 + four patches. The consumer is a OL 2.2.26 with 
BDB 4.2.52 + four patches.

The contextCSN attributes on my provider and consumer reflect the 
following values:
Provider: 20050811075850Z#000001#00#000000
Consumer: 20050807195433Z#000001#00#000000

According to the admin guide:
"The consumer also stores its replica state, which is the provider's 
contextCSN received as a synchronization cookie, in the contextCSN 
attribute of the suffix entry. "

This is a bit unclear to me. Shouldn't I receive exactly the provider's 
contextCSN as a sync cookie ?
I will be helpful if someone please elaborates on this ?

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Saket