Re: (ASCEND) Pool handling strategies (was: IP Addresses needed for 4048)

[Phillip Vandry <vandry@Mlink.NET>]

> On Wed, Apr 01, 1998 at 03:58:43PM -0500, Phillip Vandry wrote:
> > 
> > One last question, and then we'll call this off topic :-)
> > 
> > But then are are TCP keepalives for? Aren't they used to detect failed
> > connections and close them?
> 
> As to my knowledge there is no such thing as a TCP keepalive. Application

[Stevens & Wright] TCP/IP Illustrated Volume 2, Chapter 25, page 818,
describes such a keepalive, and this is not an application layer
keepalive.

> layer protocols based on TCP may decide to use keepalives, but thats a
> problem of these protocols. Generally keepalives are BAD (broken as

Example: BGP has a layer 7 keepalive (60 seconds usually)

> designed) anyway.

-Phil
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