Re: [ic] SocketReadTimeout question

[Grant <suppressed>]

> > > > Does anyone have any more info on why SocketReadTimeout came into
> > > > being?  Is it designed to solve some broken pipe problems?
> > > >
> > > One of the core developers discovered that there are some ssl proxy
> > > servers on a particular ISP that take longer to respond than the
> > > (previously hard-coded) 1 second default.  If you have this problem with
> > > some of your customers then setting this value to something higher than
> > > 5 or so will allow those proxy servers to work.  On the downside it can
> > > also make IC more vulnerable to a certain type of DOS attack so you
> > > shouldn't adjust this unless you really need to.
> > >
> > Thanks Peter.  How would that type of problem make itself known?  ssl_error_log?
> >
> You'd get messages like "read: closed" in your global Interchange
> error.log file.  You can see the new directive's documentation here:
>
>     http://www.interchange.rtfm.info/icdocs/config/SocketReadTimeout.html

Thanks guys.

- Grant
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