Date: Sat, 5 Jun 1999 23:26:28 -0700 (PDT) From: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> To: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> Cc: Brian Feldman <green@unixhelp.org>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: RE: net.inet.tcp.always_keepalive on as default ? Message-ID: <199906060626.XAA17701@apollo.backplane.com> References: <199906052344.TAA19843@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> <Pine.BSF.4.10.9906052010540.53878-100000@janus.syracuse.net> <199906060057.UAA20103@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
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:<<On Sat, 5 Jun 1999 20:13:56 -0400 (EDT), Brian Feldman <green@unixhelp.org> said:
:
:>> 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.
:
:This wouldn't help the poor sod whose connection gets shot down every
:eight days while he's not there and doesn't know what hit him.
If the poor sod hasn't touched his xterm for 8 days, he's either dead
or he doesn't care if it goes away.
-Matt
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