Date: Wed, 03 Apr 1996 18:56:26 -0800 From: Lyndon Nerenberg VE7TCP <lyndon@orthanc.com> To: Bill Fenner <fenner@parc.xerox.com> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SO_KEEPALIVE - New feature patch enclosed. Message-ID: <199604040256.SAA12421@multivac.orthanc.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 03 Apr 1996 15:10:56 PST." <96Apr3.151106pst.177475@crevenia.parc.xerox.com>
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> These timers are settable system-wide
> using the net.inet.tcp.{keepidle,keepintvl} sysctl options. I was suggesting
> causing them to be tunable on a per-socket basis like TGV Multinet. This
> might be useful for servers with different keepalive requirements.
Yes! I'm getting fed up with Netscape leaving hanging ftpd data
connections due to (improperly) aborted LIST commands. I recently hacked the
ftpd code to force KEEP_ALIVE on the data sockets. Being able to tune
the timers on these connections would help even more.
--lyndon
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