Subject: Re: TCP timewait recycle/reuse for IPv6?

From: Rick Jones <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 10:43:29 -0700

Octavian Purdila wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Is there a way to prevent getting bind(in6addr_any) failures when we
> have lots of TIMEWAIT sockets hanging around? It looks like timewait
> reuse/recyle is not supported in the IPv6 stack.

What is the definition/value of "lots" here?

rick jones