From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 3 00:52:01 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 40D5F106564A for ; Sat, 3 Sep 2011 00:52:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jlpetz@internode.on.net) Received: from ipmail04.adl6.internode.on.net (ipmail04.adl6.internode.on.net [150.101.137.141]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C78DE8FC0A for ; Sat, 3 Sep 2011 00:51:59 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Av8EAL12YU55LH3F/2dsb2JhbABCqGp5gUYBAQUIAh4SHC8BAwIGAxEEAQEBJwcZIA0JCAIEARILBQu/PIZqBJtriGA Received: from ppp121-44-125-197.lns20.syd6.internode.on.net (HELO Minx) ([121.44.125.197]) by ipmail04.adl6.internode.on.net with ESMTP; 03 Sep 2011 10:21:58 +0930 From: "Jarrod Lee Petz" To: "'Doug Barton'" , References: <007301cc6979$a690f9a0$f3b2ece0$@internode.on.net> <4E616D6E.4030903@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <4E616D6E.4030903@FreeBSD.org> Date: Sat, 3 Sep 2011 10:51:56 +1000 Message-ID: <001701cc69d3$aea9a0b0$0bfce210$@internode.on.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 14.0 Thread-Index: AQHuPCHqJDmDdIw669xIXvDN9LM1EADkjGxslO/+gBA= Content-Language: en-au Cc: Subject: RE: TIME_WAIT Assassination in FreeBSD??? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: petz@nisshoko.net List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 03 Sep 2011 00:52:01 -0000 Hi Doug, The problem itself is currently seen on AIX yes. However, I am more after. 1. Insight into the TCP/IP stack. Is it broken here? 2. Insight into whether active FTP is flawed in design? Or perhaps just this implementation of it? Solution is to use passive FTP which seems fine. 3. Would FreeBSD have the same issue? According to RFC6056, FreeBSD uses "algorithm 1" which "is biased towards the first available port after a sequence of unavailable port numbers." So unless it does something fancy like TIME_WAIT assassination. I think it would behave similar to AIX when doing multiple active FTP data connections & encounter the same issue. Regards Jarrod -----Original Message----- From: Doug Barton [mailto:dougb@FreeBSD.org] Sent: Saturday, 3 September 2011 9:58 AM To: petz@nisshoko.net Cc: Jarrod Lee Petz; freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: TIME_WAIT Assassination in FreeBSD??? On 09/02/2011 07:07, Jarrod Lee Petz wrote: > We have an AIX system It's not clear to me what the FreeBSD related problem is here. -- Nothin' ever doesn't change, but nothin' changes much. -- OK Go Breadth of IT experience, and depth of knowledge in the DNS. Yours for the right price. :) http://SupersetSolutions.com/