On 18 Apr 2002, Mark Delany wrote:
> It raises the question as to the purpose of backlog. Is it really only > intended as a resource hint or does it represent a firm threshold > beyond which the OS should act differently? > > If the latter, then the purpose of the threshold can only be of real > benefit to the client as the server can trivially track its own > resource usage, true? Well, the problem with being fast and free with RSTs is that I don't think many clients react well to them. Hence, in the standalone server case I suspect that Bill's idea of ignoring the ACK and waiting for it to be retransmitted is the better idea. After that is done, adding a sysctl which enables the RST functionality wouldn't be a problem if you think that it may be beneficial for those using load balancers. Mike "Silby" Silbersack To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
