Date: Wed, 02 Jun 1999 22:58:41 +0200 From: Andre Oppermann <oppermann@pipeline.ch> To: Matthew Hunt <mph@astro.caltech.edu> Cc: David Schwartz <davids@webmaster.com>, Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com>, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>, kip@lyris.com, Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: net.inet.tcp.always_keepalive on as default ? Message-ID: <37559B01.23719902@pipeline.ch> References: <19990601134232.A22685@wopr.caltech.edu> <000001beac71$af125a10$021d85d1@whenever.youwant.to> <19990601140146.A23081@wopr.caltech.edu>
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Matthew Hunt wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 01, 1999 at 01:59:48PM -0700, David Schwartz wrote: > > > I think he was suggesting that the apps close the connection if they > > receive no data from some amount of time. (Isn't this common sense?) > > No, I frequently keep telnet/ssh connections idle for long periods, > and have no particular desire for them to close on me. They don't close on you because keepalive would succeed. It would only drop your connection after the keepalive times out when you become unreachable by IP. -- Andre Oppermann CEO / Geschaeftsfuehrer Internet Business Solutions Ltd. (AG) Hardstrasse 235, 8005 Zurich, Switzerland Fon +41 1 277 75 75 / Fax +41 1 277 75 77 http://www.pipeline.ch ibs@pipeline.ch To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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