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Date:      Thu, 6 Dec 2001 15:05:35 -0500 (EST)
From:      Mike Silbersack <silby@silby.com>
To:        Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        <cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org>, <cvs-all@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/share/man/man7 tuning.7
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.30.0112061502150.51732-100000@niwun.pair.com>
In-Reply-To: <200112061957.fB6JvYu71713@freefall.freebsd.org>

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On Thu, 6 Dec 2001, Robert Watson wrote:

> rwatson     2001/12/06 11:57:34 PST
>
>   Modified files:
>     share/man/man7       tuning.7
>   Log:
>   Moderate the recommendation that TCP keepalives always be turned on;
>   in some environments, this may result in the early termination of
>   legitimate TCP sessions during temporary network outages.  However,
>   maintain a strong recommendation that this be used when many network
>   clients are dialup.
>
>   Requested by:   fenner
>
>   Revision  Changes    Path
>   1.25      +13 -10    src/share/man/man7/tuning.7

The default is currently on, so there's no need to make such a
recommendation.  FWIW, the default interval is 2 hours - you're going to
run into many serious problems before falsely terminated connections are a
problem.  I'd suggest just removing the whole mention of keepalives
completely.

Mike "Silby" Silbersack



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