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From: mkhaw@teknowledge-vaxc.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: closing half-open connections
Message-ID: <17488@teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA>
Date: Thu, 1-Oct-87 03:22:15 EDT
Article-I.D.: teknowle.17488
Posted: Thu Oct  1 03:22:15 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 3-Oct-87 06:15:35 EDT
References: <8709301937.AA11753@TOTO.MIT.EDU>
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Organization: Teknowledge, Inc., Palo Alto CA
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Here's a /bin/sh driven adb script posted to the net a while back that
forces a socket to close:

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#! /bin/sh

# original from cdjohns@NSWC-G.ARPA
#
# TIMETODEATH expressed in decimal instead of hex
#	-- mkhaw@teknowledge-vaxc.arpa

# Use this script to force sockets in FIN_WAIT_2 state to close.
# It works by setting the 2MSL timer in the TCP Protocol Control Block (PCB)
# to a non-zero value.  The kernel then begins to decrement this value until
# it reaches zero, at which point the kernel forces a close on the socket and
# deletes the TCP PCB.  If both sides of the connection are hung, clearing one
# side will possibly clear the other.

# MSLOFFSET is the offset in the tcpcb record for the 2MSL timer.
# <netinet/tcp_var.h> describes the tcpcb record.
# This value is the number of bytes offset, expressed in hexadecimal.

MSLOFFSET=10

# TIMETODEATH is the number of half seconds until the connection is 
# closed.  This value is expressed in decimal and must be greater
# than zero.

TIMETODEATH=06

# Display netstat to get PCB addresses (first column).
echo 'Active connections
PCB      Proto Recv-Q Send-Q  Local Address      Foreign Address    (state)'
netstat -A | fgrep FIN_WAIT_2

echo
echo -n 'PCB address to terminate? '
read addr
echo

# Use adb on kernel to display the PCB of the specified address
adb -k /vmunix /dev/mem << SHAR_EOF
$addr\$<tcpcb
\$q
SHAR_EOF

# Check to see if this was the correct address and PCB. state should be
# 8 for LAST_ACK, 9 for FIN_WAIT_2
echo
echo 'state = 9 = FIN_WAIT_2'
echo -n 'Is this the correct PCB (y/n)? '
read ans
echo
case $ans in
  [Yy]*)
	;;
  *)
	echo 'No Changes.'
	exit
	;;
esac

# Use adb on kernel to set the 2MSL timer for the PCB
adb -k -w /vmunix /dev/mem << SHAR_EOF
$addr+$MSLOFFSET/w 0t$TIMETODEATH
\$q
SHAR_EOF

# Use these lines in place of the above for testing the script.
#adb -k  /vmunix /dev/mem << SHAR_EOF
#$addr+$MSLOFFSET/x 
#\$q
#SHAR_EOF

echo
echo 'Connection will be terminated in `expr $TIMETODEATH / 2` seconds.'
echo 
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Mike Khaw
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