Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 23:15:22 -0500 (EST)
From: "Albert D. Cahalan" <acahalan@cs.uml.edu>
Why would we use fewer ports, especially when it leads to
reduced performance? We aren't even in the legal range.
Because it is a system resource and a protocol correctness
issue, TIME_WAIT state has a specific purpose and machines
with lower amounts of ram should not be using such a large
portion of the available port space.
IMHO we also need a way to force-expire old ports. Accepting
new connections is more important than waiting to make sure
the old ones are really dead.
Look at the TIME_WAIT recycling mechanism present in the
current 2.3.x, it is a dynamic scheme meant to early purge
closed TCP sockets whenever feasible.
Later,
David S. Miller
davem@redhat.com
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