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From: PADLIPSKY@A.ISI.EDU (Michael Padlipsky)
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Subject: Re: SO_KEEPALIVE considered harmful?
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Date: 25 May 89 22:18:05 GMT
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In the context of crashes/reboots, the TCP Initial Sequence Number magic
is SUPPOSED to save you from "embarrassment" (or so it says here).

In the context of Telnet, periodic phoney traffic is completely counter to
the desire/necessity for certain Hosts to abort inactive connections (lest,
e.g., a terminal be borrowed by an unauthorized user when the authorized
user broke coffee too long)--unless, of course, such traffic is never "seen"
by the relevant timer-outer.

    cheers, map
    Past President, IHK-A's
    (unless Phil Karn started agitating against 'em before I wrote
    what became p. 151 of The Book)
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