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Date:      Tue, 1 Jun 1999 14:15:05 -0600
From:      Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>
To:        Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>
Cc:        Matthew Hunt <mph@astro.caltech.edu>, kip@lyris.com, Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: net.inet.tcp.always_keepalive on as default ? 
Message-ID:  <199906012015.OAA15519@mt.sri.com>
In-Reply-To: <22394.928267922@critter.freebsd.dk>
References:  <19990601130331.A21176@wopr.caltech.edu> <22394.928267922@critter.freebsd.dk>

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> Mind you, this is only a problem because FreeBSD is to bloddy
> stable:  I logged into a customers server a few days a go, it had
> been up for over a year, and had accumulated tons of ftpds from
> WIN* machines which had gotten a vulcan nerve pinch or a different
> IP#.  (I'm sure windows NT servers doesn't have this problem at
> all)
> 
> It doesn't have to be 2h timeout.  I would be happy with a default
> of 24h, even one week would be OK with me.
> 
> But infinity is too long for my taste.
> 
> Can people live with a one week TCP keepalive as default ?

Compromise.  I like it.  One week is certainly adequate for me.  If I
leave a link 'active' for longer than that w/out activity, I deserve to
lose the link




Nate


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