On Mon, 14 Sep 1998, Marc Slemko wrote:

: And my problem with that is it is broken compared to every other operating
: system out there.  Introducing needless incompatibilities doesn't make
: sense.  You can't just suddenly say to vendors that have been using
: SOMAXCONN all along "oh, sorry, your app is broken now."  Well, not
: without a good reason anyway.

And why would it be broken?  If a sysadmin sets the limit too high, he gets
what he deserves.  An app using SOMAXCONN won't break - and will in fact
gain the configurability of the new sysctl.

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-- Todd Vierling (Personal tv@pobox.com; Bus. todd_vierling@xn.xerox.com)