What are half closed connections?

Half closed connection is a process that is established when one end of the server and Client intend to terminate the connection . TCP is a connection oriented process thus each socket is opened for a particular application. In TCP there is no pressure for terminating the application.

What does the TCP half closed setting mean?

A TCP connection is considered to be half-closed when it’s closed in one direction and still open in the other direction. It allows an application to say: “I am done sending data, so send a FIN to the other end, but I still want to receive data from the other end, until it sends me a FIN.”

What is SDR in riverbed?

Scalable Data Referencing. In addition to traditional techniques like data compression, RiOS also uses a Riverbed proprietary algorithm called Scalable Data Referencing (SDR).

What typically causes a TCP half open connection?

The term half-open refers to TCP connections whose state is out of synchronization between the two communicating hosts, possibly due to a crash of one side. A connection which is in the process of being established is also known as embryonic connection. The lack of synchronization could be due to malicious intent.

What is WAN Optimization Riverbed?

Riverbed WAN Optimization solutions helps customers to scale their existing bandwidth and realize more performance and control. They can enjoy up to 20X more effective capacity and accelerate enterprise applications up to 50X.

What is a Riverbed SteelHead?

SteelHead is the industry’s #1 optimization solution for accelerated delivery of any application across the Hybrid WAN. With SteelHead WAN optimization solutions, you have better visibility into application and network performance and the end user experience.

How does TCP close a connection?

There are three ways a TCP connection is closed: The client initiates closing the connection by sending a FIN packet to the server. The server initiates closing the connection by sending a FIN packet to the client. Both client and server initiate closing the connection.

What are half closed eyes called?

What is lagophthalmos? Lagophthalmos is a condition that prevents your eyes from closing completely. If the problem only happens when you sleep, it’s called nocturnal lagophthalmos.