Re: happy eyesockets

[Greg Troxel <gdt%lexort.com@localhost>]

"Jonathan A. Kollasch" <jakllsch%kollasch.net@localhost> writes:

> Attached is a patch to actually treat ICMP(v6) host/net/port unreachables
> during TCP establishment in a way that doesn't cause ~75 second delays
> waiting for multiple retransmits to all be reported as unreachable before
> actually letting getaddrinfo(3) fall back to the next address.
>
> Linux seems to handle this like this already.

I don't object and I think you have a good point, but what do the
standards say?