Date: Sun, 28 Mar 1999 13:56:15 -0800 From: Nocturne <dpilgrim@uswest.net> To: rkw@dataplex.net, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: TCP sockets not closing Message-ID: <36FEA57F.3542F867@uswest.net> References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9903281444590.54576-100000@nomad.dataplex.net>
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[Please keep this on the list] Richard Wackerbarth wrote: >On Sun, 28 Mar 1999, Nocturne wrote: >> Richard Wackerbarth wrote: <snip> >> CLOSE_WAIT and FIN_WAIT_2 are the states of the connections as they >> wait to timeout--they're already closed. An open connection will have >> ESTABLISHED next to it. >> >> In other words, this is normal. > >I had assumed that one side had closed and the other side was not >completely closed. If both sides agreed that they were closed, I >would expect the connection to disappear. > >Does this imply that there is an upper limit to the rate at which >we can establish and break down tcp connections from one host to a >fixed port on another host? The timeout appears to be long (10-15 minutes, >or more) That would limit us to perhaps 1000 connections per minute or >only once every 60 ms sustained. AFAIK, connections can be re-opened before they timeout completely. -- dpilgrim@uswest.net /\ / __ Our lies are merely the gryph@mindless.com / \/OC/URNE truth of another world ICQ: 29880099 Death is not a kill -9, just a DALnet: anim0s make world and shutdown -r now PGPKey availble To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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