On Wed Jun 1 21:18:26 EDT 2011, lyn...@orthanc.ca wrote: > > i didn't have time to fully debug this situation today, but i > > noticed that on some hosts, icmp unreachable messages do not > > terminate the connection, though snoopy did see the icmp packet. > > Nor should they. A temporary routing flap is no reason to arbitrarily > tear down a viable TCP connection. Instead, tell the application and let > it decide what to do.
this was on initial connection. plan 9 ignores icmp unless it's waiting for the initial response. - erik
