Re: TCP keepalive algorithm

[Charlie Brady]

On Wed, 15 Aug 2007, Jeff Weber wrote:

> However, if I:
>
> b)
> enable TCP keepalive on a server,
> lower the default keepalive parameters,
> establish a connection from a client,
> physically disconnect the server network,
> periodically send data to the disconnected client socket   <-- NEW
> monitor client socket read status with select()
>
> the select() is not able to see the client socket is dead.

It might help if you describe exactly what you mean by "periodically send 
data to the disconnected client socket". Do you mean periodically queue 
more data in the server process?
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