From: esmond.not.pitt@not.bigpond.com   
      
   Rick Jones wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
   Errgh, things have changed since I were a lad ;-)   
      
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