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From: Brian Feldman <green@unixhelp.org>
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To: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
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Subject: Re: RE: net.inet.tcp.always_keepalive on as default ? 
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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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