Re: Any TCP VTW users?

[Andy Ruhl <acruhl%gmail.com@localhost>]

On Thu, Sep 15, 2022 at 12:34 AM Ryota Ozaki <ozaki-r%netbsd.org@localhost> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Are there any users of TCP Vestigial Time-Wait (VTW)?
> The feature is disabled by default and we need to explicitly
> enable via sysctl to use it.
>
> I just want to know if we should still maintain it.
>
>   ozaki-r

I wasn't even aware of it. I read the comments in
sys/netinet/tcp_vtw.c. Seems useful for systems that handle a lot of
sockets. Pretty neat.

Is there some reason why this is obsolete or something?

Andy