Re: help on fin_wait

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Mon, 20 Apr 1998 15:17:59 +0100 (BST)

> You may want to edit include/net/tcp.h and tune the TCP timeout values to
> suit your need and adjust timeout to a lower value from there.
>
> We've been running various services that require such tuning especially on
> heavily loaded servers to obtain optimum performance.

NO NO NO

The TCP time wait period is defined by the RFC and constrained by internet
and mathematical requirements neccessary to handle a non infinite sequence
space - ie a safety time before reuse.

Anyone who lowers that is not talking TCP and risks ack fights and data
corruption.

Alan

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