On: TCP is harder than it looks

[MrBuddyCasino]

Good read. I guess now we'd be interested in hearing your 2nd best TCP timeout story.

[longwave → MrBuddyCasino]

I realise you're trying to be facetious, but probably this one: http://mina.naguib.ca/blog/2012/10/22/the-little-ssh-that-so...

[michaelx386 → longwave]

What makes this story so great is how determined they were to find the real problem even though it was already "fixed" by changing the routes. Who knows how much anguish this person has spared other people by not giving up until the problem was truly solved. Doing it with such skill and ingenuity was the icing on the cake, I could read these kind of stories all day.

[MrBuddyCasino → longwave]

That was quite impressive, not sure I would have found that out.

I know I'm stretching my luck, but since those were great reads - do you have a 3rd best TCP timeout story? :)

[qznc → MrBuddyCasino]

Here is one on IPv6 not TCP: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4709952

[j_s → MrBuddyCasino]

For more stories, see the hacker news discussion on that SSH packet corruption issue: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4709438

[heymishy → longwave]

thats a great set of TCP timeout stories, enjoyed reading. In what circles do you travel that you comea cross multiple niche stories like this?

[desas → heymishy]

Not the OP but both have been posted on HN before..