Date: Sat, 5 Jun 1999 19:44:40 -0400 (EDT) From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> To: Brian Feldman <green@unixhelp.org> Cc: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>, 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: <199906052344.TAA19843@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9906051608000.50279-100000@janus.syracuse.net> References: <199906051833.LAA15517@apollo.backplane.com> <Pine.BSF.4.10.9906051608000.50279-100000@janus.syracuse.net>
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<<On Sat, 5 Jun 1999 16:09:00 -0400 (EDT), Brian Feldman <green@unixhelp.org> said: > 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 wollman@lcs.mit.edu | O Siem / The fires of freedom Opinions not those of| Dance in the burning flame MIT, LCS, CRS, or NSA| - Susan Aglukark and Chad Irschick To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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