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From: Rick Jones <rick.jones2@hp.com>
Subject: Re: TCP timewait recycle/reuse for IPv6?
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 10:43:29 -0700
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Octavian Purdila wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Is there a way to prevent getting bind(in6addr_any) failures when we
> have lots of TIMEWAIT sockets hanging around? It looks like timewait
> reuse/recyle is not supported in the IPv6 stack.

What is the definition/value of "lots" here?

rick jones