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From: bert hubert <ahu@ds9a.nl>
To: Lennert Buytenhek <buytenh@gnu.org>
Cc: netdev@oss.sgi.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH,RFC] explicit connection confirmation
Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 17:24:24 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20021107162424.GA31447@outpost.ds9a.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20021107143002.GA23858@gnu.org>

On Thu, Nov 07, 2002 at 09:30:02AM -0500, Lennert Buytenhek wrote:

> > I like having this ability - I dislike offering it to an unsuspecting
> > userspace.
> 
> Userspace needs to turn on the option first, so your 'unsuspecting'
> does not apply.

Ah ok, I thought 'TCP_CONFIRM_CONNECT' was a TCP connection state like
SYN_RECV.

> Again, if the app decides to turn on TCP_CONFIRM_CONNECT, then it's
> up to the app to deal with it properly.  There are very good reasons
> for not turning on TCP_CONFIRM_CONNECT by default, which is why it
> is not on by default, and why grafting a setsockopt onto every daemon
> there is out there is definitely not a good idea.

Exactly. Ok, cool. 

Regards,

bert

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  reply	other threads:[~2002-11-07 16:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-11-07  9:32 [PATCH,RFC] explicit connection confirmation Lennert Buytenhek
2002-11-07 11:27 ` bert hubert
2002-11-07 12:09   ` Lennert Buytenhek
2002-11-07 13:36     ` jamal
2002-11-07 15:27       ` Lennert Buytenhek
2002-11-08 11:22         ` jamal
2002-11-08 11:52           ` bert hubert
2002-11-08 11:56             ` Marc Boucher
2002-11-08 18:28           ` Lennert Buytenhek
2002-11-07 13:49     ` bert hubert
2002-11-07 14:30       ` Lennert Buytenhek
2002-11-07 16:24         ` bert hubert [this message]
2003-08-14 13:11 ` Lennert Buytenhek
2003-08-25 11:09   ` Harald Welte

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