Re: TIME_WAIT/MSL is 2 seconds--bug/feature?

kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru
Tue, 4 Jan 2000 22:32:51 +0300 (MSK)


Hello!

> According to a small utility called msl_test distributed with the
> Polygraph web cache benchmarking suite the Linux 2.2.13 TCP stack has a
> TIME_WAIT of 2 seconds.

It is supposed to timewait for 60 seconds. I have no idea, what
msl_test does, please, check this with tcpdump. Probably, it is a bug.

> As far as I can tell, the TCP specs recommend
> 60 seconds.

Actually, specs insist on much longer value. 60 seconds is one of BSDisms.

Alexey Kuznetsov

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