:<<On Sat, 5 Jun 1999 20:13:56 -0400 (EDT), Brian Feldman <gr...@unixhelp.org>
said:
:
:>> If they are spaced too far apart, it is possible for perfectly
:>> legitimate connections to get shot down as a result of external
:>> periodicities. (Does somebody's router reset every day at 2:45? If
:>> so, better hope no keepalives are scheduled for then!)
:
:> But remember that the idea is the keepalive would keep trying for a certain
:> amount of time, and this would be finely configureable.
:
:This wouldn't help the poor sod whose connection gets shot down every
:eight days while he's not there and doesn't know what hit him.
If the poor sod hasn't touched his xterm for 8 days, he's either dead
or he doesn't care if it goes away.
-Matt
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