> In message <37580f03.88efb...@sitara.net>, "John R. LoVerso" writes: > > >But, consider going back to the discusssions leading up to the Host > >Requirements > >RFC (1122). The particular problem was that the original timeout value for > >keepalives was tiny (a few minutes). 1122 dictated the corrections for > >this. > >Here are the important points from section 4.2.3.6: > > But RFC 1122 pretty much entirely predates the "modern internet user". While > I fully supported the policy back then, I no longer do. > > I still think the right thing is: > > default to keepalives. > set the timeout to a week.
Then lets go off a write RFCxxxx and get RFC1123 off the books, it's way over due for an overhaul anyway. -- Rod Grimes - KD7CAX - (RWG25) rgri...@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message