Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 05:20:13 +0100 From: Jesper Skriver <jesper@skriver.dk> To: Jonathan Lemon <jlemon@flugsvamp.com> Cc: net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ICMP unreachables, take II. Message-ID: <20010223052012.A39613@skriver.dk> In-Reply-To: <20010223043405.B6694@skriver.dk>; from jesper@skriver.dk on Fri, Feb 23, 2001 at 04:34:05AM %2B0100 References: <20010222185412.E5714@prism.flugsvamp.com> <20010223034952.A6694@skriver.dk> <20010222212044.H5714@prism.flugsvamp.com> <20010223043405.B6694@skriver.dk>
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On Fri, Feb 23, 2001 at 04:34:05AM +0100, Jesper Skriver wrote: > On Thu, Feb 22, 2001 at 09:20:44PM -0600, Jonathan Lemon wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 23, 2001 at 03:49:52AM +0100, Jesper Skriver wrote: > > > > > > I still think we should react to the following as a minimum > > > - type 3 code 0 net unreachable > > > - type 3 code 1 host unreachable > > > > RFC 1122, Section 4.2.3.9 says: > > > > o Destination Unreachable -- codes 0, 1, 5 > > Since these Unreachable messages indicate soft error > > conditions, TCP MUST NOT abort the connection, and it > > SHOULD make the information available to the > > application. > > > > I think that these should be transients. > > As discussed on IRC I suggest adding the ability (under control of a > sysctl, disabled by default) to treat 0/1 (perhaps even 5) like 2,3,9 & > 10. Forget this, as discussed on IRC, it would be better to have a code 0/1 trigger a immediate retransmit of the SYN, this would also give us timeouts < 10 secs ... If jlemon doesn't beat me to it, I'll try to look at this in the weekend ... as a possible "take III" /Jesper -- Jesper Skriver, jesper(at)skriver(dot)dk - CCIE #5456 Work: Network manager @ AS3292 (Tele Danmark DataNetworks) Private: FreeBSD committer @ AS2109 (A much smaller network ;-) One Unix to rule them all, One Resolver to find them, One IP to bring them all and in the zone to bind them. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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