Re: TCP Stall

Eric.Schenk@dna.lth.se
Mon, 31 Mar 1997 12:55:17 +0200

Ion Badulescu <ionut@moisil.wal.rhno.columbia.edu> writes:
>Okay, here's a third type. :) Pre-2.0.30 (yours) keeps dropping an
>idle rlogin connection from a sparc running solaris, usually after being
>idle for about 5-6 hours. It doesn't happen with an ssh connection from
>the same machine (probably because of keep_alive), it also doesn't happen
>with 2.0.29. The only difference between the two are the SYN and RST
>cookies I compiled in for 2.0.30.

This is intresting. I presume these two machines are connected via
an ethernet? What is the final message that the rlogin gives
when it drops the connection? Connection reset? Something else?

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