Re: new client connection server thinks is already established !

On Tue, 5 Feb 2008, Jefferson Ogata wrote:

> It wouldn't just be for that problem; it would be for all stale
> connections. If you aren't using return-rst, every time you lose state
> information because of a reboot (for example), any box that didn't get a
> TCP teardown thinks it still has a live connection to the box. Using
> return-rst clears that up at the next window probe. Without return-rst,
> those connections end up hanging around until the keepalive timers kill
> them. This is wasteful and provides no benefit.

Hmm, you make a good point -- I hadn't considered the generic issue.

Thanks...


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