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RE: TCP time_wait and port exhaustion for servers


From: "Terry Baranski" <terry.baranski.list () gmail com>
Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2012 17:30:16 -0500

On Wed, 5 Dec 2012, Ray Soucy wrote:

My question is basically, "how low can you go?"

There seems to be consensus around 20 seconds being safe, 
15 being a 99% OK, and 10 or less being problematic.

I'm trying to imagine how even 10 could be problematic nowadays. Have you
found people reporting specific issues with 10?

-Terry




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