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From: dcrocker@AHWAHNEE.STANFORD.EDU (Dave Crocker)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: SO_KEEPALIVE considered harmful?
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Date: 26 May 89 02:26:46 GMT
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THe issue of aborting a connection, due to a retransmission timeout, is the choice of the application.  Telnet could, as easily, decide to
keep trying.

Dave