Re: How to get rid of client disconnected network sockets

From	Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.networking
Subject	Re: How to get rid of client disconnected network sockets
Date	2025-06-14 23:37 +0000
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On Sat, 14 Jun 2025 11:56:11 +0200, Marcel Mueller wrote:

> Am 13.06.25 um 14:38 schrieb Computer Nerd Kev:
>>
>> Mosh, which uses UDP, handles that better though.
> 
> UDP sadly fails if a NAT router is in between. Since it cannot know when
> the connection is closed it just discards the port after a timeout w/o
> traffic, typically only a few minutes.

Again, that depends on the application-level protocol. If that has 
provision for sending “noop” replies and responses, then there is a way to 
keep the NAT context alive, even when there is no actual data to be 
passed.

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    Re: How to get rid of client disconnected network sockets [changing tcp_keep_alive timeouts] Marcel Mueller <news.5.maazl@spamgourmet.org> - 2025-06-14 14:35 +0200
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    Re: How to get rid of client disconnected network sockets Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> - 2025-06-13 22:38 +1000
      Re: How to get rid of client disconnected network sockets Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-06-13 23:40 +0000
      Re: How to get rid of client disconnected network sockets Marcel Mueller <news.5.maazl@spamgourmet.org> - 2025-06-14 11:56 +0200
        Re: How to get rid of client disconnected network sockets Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-06-14 23:37 +0000
        Re: How to get rid of client disconnected network sockets candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2025-06-18 05:30 +0000
          Re: How to get rid of client disconnected network sockets Marcel Mueller <news.5.maazl@spamgourmet.org> - 2025-06-18 10:00 +0200

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