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Re: [RFC] automatically retrying network connections
From: |
Robert Pluim |
Subject: |
Re: [RFC] automatically retrying network connections |
Date: |
Mon, 23 Jul 2018 10:23:35 +0200 |
Jimmy Yuen Ho Wong <address@hidden> writes:
>> Won't that cause problems for users of sites that use fail2ban to lock
>> people out after failed login attempts ? It might be convenient, but
>> would need a user option so it could be disabled.
>>
>
> I think exponential backoff and a max-retry is in order.
Iʼd argue for simplicity: try the connection, if it fails because too
much time was spent answering the nsm questions, retry once. That way
any true failure gets quickly communicated to the user.
Robert
- Re: [RFC] automatically retrying network connections, (continued)
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