Number: 2104

Date:  7-Sep-84 03':54':59

Submitter: acuff

Source: acuff

Subject: TCP sometimes doesn''t die when it should

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Attn: vanMelle

Status: Open

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Problem Type: Bug

Impact: Annoying

Difficulty: Hard

Frequency: Intermittent

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System: Communications

Subsystem: TCP/IP

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Description: Sometimes, when its client process goes away, the TCP process stays around, and won''t let any other process open a connection on the socket it is using.  Steps should be taken to see that it gracefully goes away if it''s client aborts.

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Edit-By: Sannella.PA

Edit-Date: 11-Sep-84 12':50':04