Subject: Re: Fw: Re: tcp connections lost on interface down
To: None <tech-net@netbsd.org>
From: Michael van Elst <mlelstv@serpens.de>
List: tech-net
Date: 08/17/2003 14:18:40
bouyer@antioche.eu.org (Manuel Bouyer) writes:

>> Well, I wouldn't. Instead I would expect to be told that the network
>> connection is no longer usable.

>And then you would do the same if the UTP link dissapears (most ethernet
>drivers can report this too). 
>Would you expect to see your ssh connections be killed just because the
>switch you're connected to is being reloaded ?

I was talking about _local_ _administrative_ _decisions_. A reloaded
switch is surely not a part of that category. Not even removing the
network cable would be, unlike for example an 'ifconfig down'.


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