From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [NFS] NFS inconsistent behaviour
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 13:11:17 +0100
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Ar Mer, 2006-10-18 am 16:17 -0400, ysgrifennodd Chuck Lever:
> Some discussion on both FreeBSD and Linux mailing lists suggests that
> ignoring TIME_WAIT has some risk to it, so that may not be an

Ignoring time wait leads to corrupted sessions and can lead to tcp food
fights. It exists for a reason although the protocol itself actually
does still have flaws in this area (which are kept in the locked
cupboard full of skeletons at the IETF 8) )

Alan