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From: neerma@cod.NOSC.MIL (Merle A. Neer)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: FTP Software
Message-ID: <1680@cod.NOSC.MIL>
Date: 26 Oct 89 16:26:18 GMT
Reply-To: neerma@cod.nosc.mil.UUCP (Merle A. Neer)
Organization: Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego
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We are having problems developing client/servers on FTP
Software and looking for guidance.  Here are the
problems encountered so far:

1. If we do connect to a foreign socket where no server is
   listening, subsequent connects to the same socket will
   return "socket in use"......we want to keep trying until
   it opens.

2. We want to perform what FTP Software calls a "hard-close"
   that is, force the connection closed regardless of
   any required TCP-timeouts.  The hard-close does not
   work but the connection will time-out as usual.

3. Maximum # of descriptors is limited to 20 on DOS...
   we need 32.

Our software will not work unless these problems are resolved.
HELP!

neerma at nosc.mil
Merle Neer
619-553-3974
NOSC San Diego