From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2011-03-18T17:30:19+09:00
Subject: Re: TCPSocket: how to realize that the other endpoint has closed the connection?

On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 1:23 AM, Lou Zell <lzell11@gmail.com> wrote:
> This question comes up on the CocoaAsyncSocket list periodically.  Robbie
> Hanson's post (the third one down), explains what is happening at the OS
> level:
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/cocoaasyncsocket/browse_thread/thread/8703a9ae74d5104f/a2297fe10c376c01

This one

http://groups.google.com/group/cocoaasyncsocket/msg/f3406580df083477

> Not related to ruby, but it might help you understand what's going on.

Yes, this is definitively a generic IP issue.

Kind regards

robert

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