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Weirdness with AF_INET listen() backlog [2.4.18]

DISCUSSION Michael Kerrisk 1 participant 1 message Jul 30, 2002

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What causes the delay of a few seconds following each of the connect()s in excess of backlog?

And to engage my brain a bit - I assume the delay is to prevent flooding! What detemines the length of the delay>

Cheers

Michael