Re: Deleting a TCP connection in Mac OS X
Re: Deleting a TCP connection in Mac OS X
- Subject: Re: Deleting a TCP connection in Mac OS X
- From: Vincent Lubet <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2008 07:22:53 -0700
On Jun 6, 2008, at 6:30 AM, Peter Sichel wrote:
Are you looking for a way to close a TCP connection used by another
application?
Yes, although the application may have tried to close the connection
already. The assumption that internal TCP state is always valid and
well behaved has not always been true in my experience. Where
"valid" refers to whether TCPs internal model and behavior reflects
the users intent.
OK, this about the user perception of what a TCP connection is and
that he/she wants to close the connection down.
Frankly rather than providing an API based on the knowledge of a TCP
control block is (a kernel implementation detail) I would much rather
provide an API based on the source and destination addresses and ports
to identify a TCP connection -- this is much closer to the user
perception of what a TCP connection is.
Please file an enhancement request
Thanks,
Vincent
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