From: rick.jones2@hp.com   
      
   EJP  wrote:   
   > Rick Jones wrote:   
   > > ... and all but the most fanatically adhereing to RFC "SHOULD" stacks   
   > > allow tweaking the length of time before TCP keepalives start on an   
   > > idle connection.   
      
   > ... but they generally do so as a privileged and system-wide operation,   
   > not a per-socket operation.   
      
   Well... cursory web searching suggests that Linux and Solaris have at   
   per-socket keepalive abilities.  A quick look at the HP-UX 11iv3   
   (11.31) manpage for tcp suggests it has the per-socket stuff.  I've   
   not checked on OSX, *BSD or Aix.   
      
   rick jones   
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