Re: Dealing with ICMPv6 network unreachable.

[Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>]

On Thu, Apr 02, 2015 at 08:09:49PM -0400, Greg Troxel wrote:
> [...]
>   It seems that the proper response of TCP to net/host unreachable is
>   arguable.  In the case you mention, it's best to abort, but a
>   transient unreachable situation on a TCP connection shouldn't kill the
>   connection.

I fully agree. I just got my ssh connections to a linux host killed
only because I unplugged/replugged the ethernet cable of said linux box.
That's very annoying.

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>
     NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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