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Date:      Thu, 10 Apr 2003 15:15:53 -0700
From:      Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
To:        BelletJr@aol.com
Cc:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: connect(2) behavior with unreacheable hosts
Message-ID:  <3E95ED19.7512ECF6@mindspring.com>
References:  <109.225ca595.2bc723f2@aol.com>

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BelletJr@aol.com wrote:
> Why does not connect(2) return any error when trying to connect to a host
> unreachable because of an infinite loop in the routes? No time-out occurs and
> the value 0 is returned by connect(2).
> My test was done with TCP/IPv4.

Because it can't detect an infinite routing loop.

The timeout is the responsibility of the application; see
"man alarm" and "man signal" for more information.

-- Terry



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