>>>>> On Fri, 8 Dec 2006 11:18:35 +0100,
      Martin Husemann <martin@duskware.de> said:

> Should we

>  (a) add a timeout to drop such connections after a reasonable time if
>      the local address they are bound to does not become valid again?

You mean by default?
If so, I object to do so.
Current behavior is rather useful in some cases.
If one needs automatic timeout, SO_KEEPALIVE does the trick.
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