Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!bu.edu!dartvax!litle!tom
From: tom@litle.litle.COM (tom hampton)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: How long before I can reopen a closed socket?
Message-ID: <4847@litle.litle.COM>
Date: 14 Jun 90 13:49:51 GMT
Reply-To: tom@litle.litle.com ()
Organization: Litle & Co. Hanover, NH
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We have a problem with a socket-based server application which needs to
restart quickly.  What we find instead is that it may take a minute
before the passively binding program can reopen a socket after both
the active and passive binders have terminated.

Is this because

1) We have a bug in ISC 2.2 TCP/IP

2) We are using a "well known address" and these things don't recycle
   instantly after closing (just a wild guess...)

3) We aren't cloising things properly?  We sure think we are, but 
   we notice that the problem gets even worse after an abnormal 
   termination...

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