From owner-freebsd-security Mon Dec 17 0: 5:19 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from raven.robbins.dropbear.id.au (069.a.006.mel.iprimus.net.au [210.50.44.69]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A8D0937B417 for ; Mon, 17 Dec 2001 00:05:10 -0800 (PST) Received: (from tim@localhost) by raven.robbins.dropbear.id.au (8.11.6/8.11.6) id fBH7suf34380 for freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG; Mon, 17 Dec 2001 18:54:56 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from tim) Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 18:54:56 +1100 From: "Tim J. Robbins" To: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: options TCP_DROP_SYNFIN Message-ID: <20011217185456.A34365@raven.robbins.dropbear.id.au> References: <20011217073102.GA94480@noname> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20011217073102.GA94480@noname>; from paulius@kaktusas.org on Mon, Dec 17, 2001 at 09:31:03AM +0200 Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, Dec 17, 2001 at 09:31:03AM +0200, Paulius Bulotas wrote: > Anyone can explain, why enabling this option is wrong on web server? T/TCP (RFC 1644) speeds up transactions by not using the standard three- way handshake. I gather that it's more efficient if you have lots of quick connects and disconnects as you do with HTTP when not using the keepalive features. Tim To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message