Re: [change proposal] Re: bad interaction between TCP delayed ack and RSTs

[der Mouse <mouse%Rodents-Montreal.ORG@localhost>]

> [1] I suspect we might need a generic defense against blackholed RSTs
> leading to accumulated waiting server processes; but then again,
> maybe the servers in question should have their own timeout handling
> outside of the kernel.

They usually should, because a client machine that crashes (or loses
power or connectivity) without warning can lead to the same kind of
half-open connection.

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