On Tuesday, March 13, 2012 2:06:38 PM Mike Hearn wrote: > https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/932 adds a "pong" message that > echoes back a 64 bit nonce contained in the ping, if the protocol > version is new enough. > > The goal of this is to make it easier for clients, especially mobile > clients, to quickly check if a connection is stale, and also to see if > a remote node is overloaded so we can avoid talking to it. A common > case where this happens is if the remote node is itself downloading > the block chain or doing something equally intensive. > > Any objections?
Not really an objection per se, but what's wrong with TCP keepalives? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d _______________________________________________ Bitcoin-development mailing list Bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bitcoin-development
