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From: ron@topaz.rutgers.EDU (Ron Natalie)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re:  FIN_WAIT_2 problem ?
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Date: Wed, 17-Jun-87 12:07:04 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jun 17 12:07:04 1987
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I should reemphasize to people who would automatically clear FIN_WAIT_2
after some period of time that this will blow away RSH possibly.  RSH
will close one side of the conection (remember TCP sockets are full-duplex)
and hence waiting for small amounts of time (like 30 seconds) will zap
legitimate connections for commands that take longer than 30 seconds to
return their output.

-Ron