On Sun, Nov 26, 2017 at 03:52:33PM +0100, Klemens Nanni wrote: > nc as client keeps sending after the server shutdown the socket:
Yes, that is a half closed connection. Server has shutdown, but client is still sending. This is a TCP feature made accessible by the nc tool. > tedu@ introduced this with r1.125 (three years ago), r1.124 works as > expected just like telnet does for that matter: Who is expecting that 1.124 is the correct behavior? > With the following diff nc will properly exit again as it used to. And why was this changed? Why are the reasons for r1.125 no longer valid? > Feedback? Which use case does your change fix? Does -N also help in your case? Which use cases does your diff break? bluhm
