Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Tue, 23 Apr 1996 21:25:52 +0100 | From | Matthew J Brown <> | Subject | Re: FIN_WAIT2 backoff on 1.3.92 |
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Ulrich Windl writes: > I think the problem is that for WAIT FIN_2 there's no timeout > defined, because the other party should resend packets. Unfortunately > some parties seem to leave early. This problem also exists in HP-UX > 9.04; especially with WINSOCK clients (Novell LAN Workplace 4.2). > HP offers a patch to add timeouts.
According to the RFCs there's no timeout in this state; however, the Linux code implements the BSD practice of having a timeout in this state. This timeout somehow seems to be broken in recent kernels.
It's not that linux doesn't try, but that something is not working right.
-Matt
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