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>TCP Keepalive HOWTO</TITLE
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NAME="GENERATOR"
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CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.7"><LINK
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REL="NEXT"
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TITLE="Introduction"
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HREF="intro.html"></HEAD
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CLASS="article"
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TEXT="#000000"
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><H1
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CLASS="title"
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NAME="AEN2"
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>TCP Keepalive HOWTO</H1
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><H3
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CLASS="author"
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><A
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NAME="AEN4"
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>Fabio Busatto</A
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CLASS="affiliation"
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CLASS="address"
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CLASS="address"
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><TT
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CLASS="email"
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HREF="mailto:fabio.busatto@sikurezza.org"
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>fabio.busatto@sikurezza.org</A
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>></TT
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><P
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CLASS="pubdate"
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>2007-05-04<BR></P
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><TH
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ALIGN="LEFT"
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VALIGN="TOP"
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COLSPAN="3"
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>Revision History</B
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><TR
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ALIGN="LEFT"
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>Revision 1.0</TD
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ALIGN="LEFT"
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>2007-05-04</TD
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><TD
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ALIGN="LEFT"
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>Revised by: FB</TD
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><TD
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>First release, reviewed by TM.</TD
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CLASS="abstract"
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NAME="AEN17"
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> This document describes the TCP keepalive implementation in the linux
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kernel, introduces the overall concept and points to both system
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configuration and software development.
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><HR></DIV
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><DT
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>Table of Contents</B
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><DT
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>1. <A
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HREF="intro.html"
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>Introduction</A
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><DD
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>1.1. <A
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HREF="intro.html#copyright"
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>Copyright and License</A
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><DT
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>1.2. <A
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HREF="intro.html#disclaimer"
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>Disclaimer</A
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><DT
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>1.3. <A
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HREF="intro.html#credits"
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>Credits / Contributors</A
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></DT
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><DT
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>1.4. <A
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HREF="intro.html#feedback"
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>Feedback</A
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><DT
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>1.5. <A
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HREF="intro.html#translations"
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>Translations</A
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></DT
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></DD
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><DT
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>2. <A
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HREF="overview.html"
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>TCP keepalive overview</A
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><DD
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><DT
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>2.1. <A
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HREF="overview.html#whatis"
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>What is TCP keepalive?</A
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></DT
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><DT
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>2.2. <A
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HREF="overview.html#whyuse"
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>Why use TCP keepalive?</A
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></DT
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><DT
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>2.3. <A
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HREF="overview.html#checkdeadpeers"
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>Checking for dead peers</A
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></DT
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><DT
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>2.4. <A
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HREF="overview.html#preventingdisconnection"
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>Preventing disconnection due to network inactivity</A
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></DD
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><DT
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>3. <A
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HREF="usingkeepalive.html"
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>Using TCP keepalive under Linux</A
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><DD
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>3.1. <A
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HREF="usingkeepalive.html#configuringkernel"
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>Configuring the kernel</A
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></DT
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><DT
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>3.2. <A
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HREF="usingkeepalive.html#makepersistchanges"
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>Making changes persistent to reboot</A
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>4. <A
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>Programming applications</A
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>4.1. <A
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HREF="programming.html#codeneeding"
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>When your code needs keepalive support</A
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></DT
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><DT
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>4.2. <A
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HREF="programming.html#setsockopt"
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>The <TT
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CLASS="function"
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>setsockopt</TT
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> function call</A
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><DT
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>4.3. <A
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HREF="programming.html#examples"
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>Code examples</A
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>5. <A
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>Adding support to third-party software</A
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>5.1. <A
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HREF="addsupport.html#modifysource"
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>Modifying source code</A
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>5.2. <A
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HREF="addsupport.html#libkeepalive"
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><SPAN
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>libkeepalive</SPAN
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>: library preloading</A
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