Date: Sat, 5 Jun 1999 20:13:56 -0400 (EDT) From: Brian Feldman <green@unixhelp.org> To: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> Cc: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>, David Schwartz <davids@webmaster.com>, Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au>, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: RE: net.inet.tcp.always_keepalive on as default ? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9906052010540.53878-100000@janus.syracuse.net> In-Reply-To: <199906052344.TAA19843@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
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On Sat, 5 Jun 1999, Garrett Wollman wrote:
> <<On Sat, 5 Jun 1999 16:09:00 -0400 (EDT), Brian Feldman <green@unixhelp.org> said:
>
> > FWIW, I think only a fool would want a computer to NOT drop dead connections.
> > Any "connection" that doesn't respond after 8 $^&! tries spaced FAR apart does
> > NOT deserve to stay.
>
> If they are spaced too far apart, it is possible for perfectly
> legitimate connections to get shot down as a result of external
> periodicities. (Does somebody's router reset every day at 2:45? If
> so, better hope no keepalives are scheduled for then!)
But remember that the idea is the keepalive would keep trying for a certain
amount of time, and this would be finely configureable.
>
> -GAWollman
>
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