> I'm not sure whether it may be an indication that there's a bug in
> the TCP code, but anyway:
>
> With 1.3.62 I had a long (=slow) FTP session over the Atlantic. After
> a while transfer had stopped, although I used the traceroute trick
> (which is still necessary for FTP not to die). After losing my
> patience, I hit ^C to abort the transfer. The resulting message was
> that the foreign server has closed the connection due to timeout (and
> not aborted the transfer due to ^C). This has happened to me several
> times.
>
> When trying a faster (=shorter distance) FTP test with 1.3.64, the
> connection seemed to hang for a while. netstat showed the state as
> "SYS_SENT". After a while the connection was aborted. I don't know if
> this is repeatable, but I think there are some bugs left in the
> kernel.
>
The same thing seems to happen to me. FTP sessions are closed after a
while for no apparent reason. (kernel 1.3.63 and 64)
Derek
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