[KLUG Members] SYNACK timeout

[Jamie McCarthy]

If I'm running a server and a client contacts me, here's what
happens for us to establish a TCP connection:

1. client sends server a SYN
2. server sends client a SYNACK
3. client sends server an ACK

On my server, it looks like the timeout between 2 and 3 is about
eight minutes.  That is, a client can send me a SYN and tie up an
incoming connection for about eight minutes.

I want to change this to 20 seconds.

Anyone know what I have to tweak to make that happen?
-- 
  Jamie McCarthy
 http://mccarthy.vg/
  jamie@mccarthy.vg