Re: Cfservd read timeout

[Mark Burgess]

On Fri, 2005-11-04 at 11:46 -0800, Martin, Jason H wrote:
> Is there any way to specify a per-connection read timeout? I've got some
> misbehaved clients that hang up and leave their connections in
> ESTABLISHED mode for an indefinite period of time. I've tcpdump'd the
> connection for several minutes and seen no traffic at all. It would be
> nice if I could have cfservd drop the connection after a period of
> inactivity.
> 
> This is version 2.1.14. Client is solaris, server is RH Linux.  I
> realize this is a older version, so I don't expect a solution for this
> version. However, it might be a good idea to put a feature in the newer
> versions that will insulate cfservd from misbehaved clients.
> 
> Thank you,
> -Jason Martin
> 
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This is a good idea and straihtforward to implement. Perhaps some kind
soul with a few minutes to spare would like to propose a patch.

Mark