On Thu, Apr 10, 2003 at 03:45:54PM -0400, BelletJr_at_aol.com wrote: > Why does not connect(2) return any error when trying to connect to a host > unreachable because of an infinite loop in the routes? No time-out occurs and > the value 0 is returned by connect(2). > My test was done with TCP/IPv4. By any chance, are you using UDP (SOCK_DGRAM) rather than TCP (SOCK_STREAM)? That sets up data structures but sends no packets, so even if an icmp time-exceeded will be returned when you do send packets, the problem can't be detected yet. -- Barney Wolff http://www.databus.com/bwresume.pdf I'm available by contract or FT, in the NYC metro area or via the 'Net.Received on Thu Apr 10 2003 - 11:56:09 UTC
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