Date: Fri, 4 Jun 1999 18:24:26 -0700 (PDT) From: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> To: Date:Fri@apollo.backplane.com, 04@FreeBSD.ORG, Jun@FreeBSD.ORG, 1999@FreeBSD.ORG, 15:25:37.-0700@apollo.backplane.com Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: net.inet.tcp.always_keepalive on as default ? Message-ID: <199906050124.SAA10395@apollo.backplane.com>
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:At 01:08 PM 6/4/99 , Matthew Dillon wrote:
:>:had not been done, then the Internet would not have grown as it did today.
:>:
:>:The central issue of keepalives is that, for one machine, they don't create
:>:a significant load. Multiplied by the number of machines on the Internet,
:>:it can become a problem.
:>
:> As I said. People are arguing about keepalives without knowing how they
:> work.
:
:That's an excellent point! People with less correct implementations of TCP
:keepalives will use freeBSD's justification as their justification for
:turning on TCP keepalives by default.
Umm... that is about as twisted a reasoning as I could imagine. I don't
consider it a useful argument. The sky might be falling too, better not
go outside!
-Matt
Matthew Dillon
<dillon@backplane.com>
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