Date: Mon, 1 Apr 1996 14:57:53 -0800 (PST) From: Jaye Mathisen <mrcpu@cdsnet.net> To: Joe Greco <jgreco@brasil.moneng.mei.com> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SO_KEEPALIVE Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960401145749.14257W-100000@schizo.cdsnet.net> In-Reply-To: <199604011838.MAA24760@brasil.moneng.mei.com>
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I would love this. On Mon, 1 Apr 1996, Joe Greco wrote: > Question, stupid, nonetheless a question: > > Does anybody see any advantage to allowing for a way to set a systemwide > SO_KEEPALIVE default of ON? > > My reason for asking: from time to time, I run into situations where > software does not correctly terminate connections, most often due to broken > Portmasters or broken TCP/IP implementations. For example, > > smp 2983 0.0 0.0 412 348 ?? I 13Mar96 0:01.79 -ws1-6.gmttech.ods.net: smp: STOR test.zip (ftpd) > > or the dozens of hung nnrp processes that get into write() and never get out > on daily-planet.execpc.com. My usual fix is to patch the source to enable > KEEPALIVE... > > I don't mind a local kernel patch but it seems to me that many ISP's might > find this useful. > > ... JG >
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