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Modified: htdocs/manual/misc fin_wait_2.html Log: Update systems w/FIN_WAIT_2 timeout to reflect info I have received. Revision Changes Path 1.4 +21 -5 apache/htdocs/manual/misc/fin_wait_2.html Index: fin_wait_2.html =================================================================== RCS file: /export/home/cvs/apache/htdocs/manual/misc/fin_wait_2.html,v retrieving revision 1.3 retrieving revision 1.4 diff -C3 -r1.3 -r1.4 *** fin_wait_2.html 1997/01/30 00:48:31 1.3 --- fin_wait_2.html 1997/02/12 05:11:26 1.4 *************** *** 74,82 **** <LI>Mozilla/2.02 (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.1.5-RELEASE i386) <LI>Mozilla/3.01Gold (X11; I; SunOS 5.5 sun4m) <LI>MSIE 3.01 on the Macintosh ! <LI>MSIE 3.01 on Win95 </UL><P> It is expected that many other clients have the same problem. What a client <STRONG>should do</STRONG> is periodically check its open socket(s) to see if they have been closed by the server, and close their --- 74,88 ---- <LI>Mozilla/2.02 (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.1.5-RELEASE i386) <LI>Mozilla/3.01Gold (X11; I; SunOS 5.5 sun4m) <LI>MSIE 3.01 on the Macintosh ! <LI>MSIE 3.01 on Windows 95 </UL><P> + This does not appear to be a problem on: + <UL> + <LI>Mozilla/3.01 (Win95; I) + </UL> + <P> + It is expected that many other clients have the same problem. What a client <STRONG>should do</STRONG> is periodically check its open socket(s) to see if they have been closed by the server, and close their *************** *** 169,186 **** In later revisions, there is an explicit timer for connections in FIN_WAIT_2 that can be modified; contact HP support for details. </UL> <P> ! The following systems are known to not have at timeout: <P> <UL> <LI><A HREF="http://www.sun.com/">SunOS 4.x</A> does not and almost certainly never will have one because it as at the very end of its development cycle for Sun. If you have kernel source should be easy to patch. - <LI><A HREF="http://www.sgi.com/">IRIX</A> does not have a - timeout and, according to our information, has stated that - they will not add one unless it is specified in the RFC. </UL> <P> There is a --- 175,202 ---- In later revisions, there is an explicit timer for connections in FIN_WAIT_2 that can be modified; contact HP support for details. + <LI><A HREF="http://www.sgi.com/">SGI IRIX</A> 5.3, 6.2 and 6.3 + (and a patch for 6.4 after release) will add a timeout for + connections in FIN_WAIT_2 in a forthcoming (as of 97/01) rollup + patch. Contact SGI for details. + <LI><A HREF="http://www.ncr.com/">NCR's MP RAS Unix</A> 2.xx and + 3.xx both have FIN_WAIT_2 timeouts. In 2.xx it is non-tunable + at 600 seconds, while in 3.xx it defaults to 600 seconds and + is calculated based on the tunable "max keep alive probes" + (default of 8) multiplied by the "keep alive interval" (default + 75 seconds). + <LI><A HREF="http://www.sequent.com">Squent's ptx/TCP/IP for + DYNIX/ptx</A> has had a FIN_WAIT_2 timeout since around + release 4.1 in mid-1994. </UL> <P> ! The following systems are known to not have a timeout: <P> <UL> <LI><A HREF="http://www.sun.com/">SunOS 4.x</A> does not and almost certainly never will have one because it as at the very end of its development cycle for Sun. If you have kernel source should be easy to patch. </UL> <P> There is a