Perhaps, but not all ISPs have so many available addresses in their dynamic
IP pool that they can let an address lie fallow for a few hours. And even
then, some programs may continue to send packets for a long time: AFS
servers will continue to send callback-break packets to a client for several
hours after that client has gone away or shut down AFS.
| > send RSTs, because otherwise the other end will not notice that something
| > went wrong and trying again for a long time (using up your bandwidth etc.).
| I'm talking about UNCONNECTED ports. Understand the
+--->8
He's talking about an interrupted connection that had been established by or
to the last holder of your IP address. The remote doesn't know that the
peer it was talking to is no longer there, and it won't find out because you
aren't RST'ing their packets.
-- brandon s. allbery [os/2][linux][solaris][japh] allbery@kf8nh.apk.net system administrator [WAY too many hats] allbery@ece.cmu.edu carnegie mellon / electrical and computer engineering KF8NH We are Linux. Resistance is an indication that you missed the point.
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