Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!pa.dec.com!granite.pa.dec.com!mellon From: mellon@nigiri.pa.dec.com (Ted Lemon) Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix Subject: Re: Sockets that dont know when to leave... Message-ID: Date: 28 Mar 91 19:28:10 GMT References: <7817@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU> Sender: news@pa.dec.com (News) Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation Lines: 8 In-Reply-To: andy@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU's message of 24 Mar 91 20:19:02 GMT I've also noticed this, with TCP sockets. Once the other end of the socket closes it, the connection times out and goes away, so you can reclaim the address. I'm not sure that this behaviour is unique to Ultrix, but it's certainly obnoxious. Careful reading of the RFCs might reveal an explanation for why this happens... _MelloN_