Hi
> What happens if the server just discards the connection. In other words it
> doesn't close it. It just terminates without closing any open connections ?
That should only happen, if the servers OS crashes. For a process there is no
way to "discard" a connection. (The server could keep the connection open
without sending or reading, but I would consider that a serious bug.)
And if the server OS crashes and the client tries to send something, a timeout
waiting for the sent packets will occur or if the server rebooted in time, a
RST packet will be sent. Either way, the client will detect that and close the
connection.
Regards,
Steffen
