alt Hacker NewsThe problem with doing that, is that the standard TCP timeout is 60 seconds.
All of a sudden, you are beset with 60-second hangs.
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embedding-shape • today at 1:18 PM
If the computer doesn't have any online network connection, shouldn't it outright error? I understand that the timeout sucks when your network is not connected to the internet but still alive, then that's an issue, but if there is no connection at all, why would the timeouts matter?
xnorswap • today at 12:34 PM
You just gave me flashbacks of mistyping a folder share name on windows and having the whole PC lock up for a minute or two.
> All of a sudden, you are beset with 60-second hangs.
No, that's not how it works. Frankly, I'm astonished to see this claim here.