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From: 702WFG@SCRVMSYS.BITNET (bill gunshannon)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Keep-Alive within TCP
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Date: 10 Sep 90 13:01:27 GMT
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>>if TCP appears not to. How widespread a "problem" is this? What well-known
>
>    Why is lack of keep-alives a problem? In principle, unless an application
>tries to send data, why ping the network to see if the route is up (if the
>route is down, it may come up again before you send more data)?
>
>Craig Partridge
>Vice-Chairman, I Hate Keep-Alives Association
>
>[For those not in the know, Phil Karn is chair of the IHKAA, and Mike
>Padlipsky is founder, previous-chair, and honorary fellow.  We oughta
>make T-shirts some time... :-)]


Actually, I'm surprised Phil didn't jump in here and answer this one first.
Must be on vacation or something...


bill gunshannon
(closet member IHKAA)

                                          bill gunshannon
                                       702WFG@SCRVMSYS.BITNET