Date: Sat, 5 Jun 1999 23:08:32 -0700 (PDT) From: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> To: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> Cc: Brian Feldman <green@unixhelp.org>, 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: <199906060608.XAA17573@apollo.backplane.com> References: <199906051833.LAA15517@apollo.backplane.com> <Pine.BSF.4.10.9906051608000.50279-100000@janus.syracuse.net> <199906052344.TAA19843@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
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:> 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!)
:
:-GAWollman
:
:Garrett A. Wollman | O Siem / We are all family / O Siem / We're all the same
Irrelevant. If data is transmitted from either side at 'just the
wrong time', you have the same problem. Keepalives do not make it
worse.
-Matt
Matthew Dillon
<dillon@backplane.com>
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