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From: njs3@doc.ic.ac.uk (Niall Smart)
Date: Sun, 24 May 1998 12:26:52 +0100
In-Reply-To: Jim Shankland <jas@flyingfox.com>
       "Re: TIME_WAIT/FIN_WAIT_2..." (May 23,  5:17pm)
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Subject: Re: TIME_WAIT/FIN_WAIT_2...
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On May 23,  5:17pm, Jim Shankland wrote:
} Subject: Re: TIME_WAIT/FIN_WAIT_2...
> njs3@doc.ic.ac.uk (Niall Smart) wrote:
> > On May 22,  5:25pm, Jim Shankland wrote:
> > } Subject: Re: TIME_WAIT/FIN_WAIT_2...
> > 
> > That was me.  I don't believe what you are saying is correct.
> > A process can place a socket in TIME_WAIT_2 by issuing a
> > shutdown(fd, 1) while continuing to read from it.
> 
> You mean FIN_WAIT_2, and you're right as far as you go, of course;
> but you're missing the point.  None of these timeouts/probes/etc.
> apply if the end in FIN_WAIT_2 still has its socket open for reading.
> In that case, there is no timeout (other than normal retransmit timeouts,
> keepalive if it's on, etc.).

Ah, yes, *thwap*.


Niall

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