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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

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