Date: Fri, 04 Jun 1999 19:56:02 +0200 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> To: "John R. LoVerso" <loverso@sitaranetworks.com> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: net.inet.tcp.always_keepalive on as default ? Message-ID: <4932.928518962@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 04 Jun 1999 13:38:11 EDT." <37580F03.88EFB07A@sitara.net>
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In message <37580F03.88EFB07A@sitara.net>, "John R. LoVerso" writes: >But, consider going back to the discusssions leading up to the Host Requirements >RFC (1122). The particular problem was that the original timeout value for >keepalives was tiny (a few minutes). 1122 dictated the corrections for this. >Here are the important points from section 4.2.3.6: But RFC 1122 pretty much entirely predates the "modern internet user". While I fully supported the policy back then, I no longer do. I still think the right thing is: default to keepalives. set the timeout to a week. -- Poul-Henning Kamp FreeBSD coreteam member phk@FreeBSD.ORG "Real hackers run -current on their laptop." FreeBSD -- It will take a long time before progress goes too far! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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