* Claudio Jeker <[email protected]> [2011-07-04 19:05]: > On Mon, Jul 04, 2011 at 12:32:51PM -0400, David Hill wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 04, 2011 at 09:47:36AM +0100, Stuart Henderson wrote: > > :let's try again with this. regenerated diffs because the only > > :complaints were about whitespace issues, no real changes compared > > :to the diffs I sent out previously. > > : > > :- add sysctl net.inet.tcp.always_keepalive to act as if > > :SO_KEEPALIVE was set on all TCP connections. > > > > I see good/bad with it. Fixes using apps behind crappy apps, but > > doesn't fix crappy apps? I have no opinion on this. > > > > Same here. Sometimes I would like such a knob when using crappy NAT boxes. > On the other hand this only matters for ssh an there you could use the ssh > specific knob.
it's not only ssh, it's everything with long-living potentially idle tcp sessions. trying to make my mind up on this i find a small tendency in favor of that knob. > But if you add the knob then please also update sysctl(3) too. indeed. -- Henning Brauer, [email protected], [email protected] BS Web Services, http://bsws.de Full-Service ISP - Secure Hosting, Mail and DNS Services Dedicated Servers, Rootservers, Application Hosting
