In message <37580f03.88efb...@sitara.net>, "John R. LoVerso" writes:
>But, consider going back to the discusssions leading up to the Host
>Requirements
>RFC (1122). The particular problem was that the original timeout value for
>keepalives was tiny (a few minutes). 1122 dictated the corrections for this.
>Here are the important points from section 4.2.3.6:
But RFC 1122 pretty much entirely predates the "modern internet user". While
I fully supported the policy back then, I no longer do.
I still think the right thing is:
default to keepalives.
set the timeout to a week.
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