On Tue, Apr 24, 2007 at 07:16:38AM -0700, Jeff Lanzarotta wrote: > OK, that is what the other fellow said... It depends on the TCP/IP > stack... > > Thanks again for the clarification. Note, there are two cases. If only the program crashes but the system is fine, the kernel will close the socket for you straight away and the server with notice the hangup. The only time the server will wait for a time out is if the server and the client are on different machines and something disrupts actual communications. If the client machine crashes without notifying the server, or someone pulls out a network cable. If the client and the server are on the same machine, it will always notice. Have a nice day, -- Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@xxxxxxxxx> http://svana.org/kleptog/ > From each according to his ability. To each according to his ability to litigate.
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