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Re: tcp RST instead of FIN if child exits after parent closes path


Brian White wrote:
[a good analysis, but the subject says it all, really, once a typo is fixed
(s/exists/exits)]

Re: tcp RST instead of FIN if child exits after parent closes path


This is a bug/feature of Windows Sockets. I think it would be possible to
craft a workaround in Cygwin, but it would require some non-trivial IPC.
(IIUC, you would need to maintain a cross-process refcount for the socket).


Max.


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