Isn't that a TCP problem since that can happen to any protocol which is based to TCP?<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 11/1/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Scott Robinson</b> &lt;<a href="mailto:scott@tranzoa.com">
scott@tranzoa.com</a>&gt; wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">What is the proper method of performing a ping across a client XMPP
<br>connection. That is, from a sever's perspective, if a client<br>mysteriously and unexpectedly drops off the Internet, it won't know it<br>until the TCP connection times out.<br><br>This obviously can lead to two inconvenient situations:
<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;1. Dropped messages that could otherwise stored.<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;2. A stale presense of availablity.<br><br>A quick Google search didn't result in anything useful, except a thread<br>noting how it _shouldn't_ be done.<br><br>Any ideas?
<br><br>--<br>Scott Robinson &lt;<a href="mailto:scott@quadhome.com">scott@quadhome.com</a>&gt;<br><a href="http://quadhome.com/">http://quadhome.com/</a><br><br><br>-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----<br>Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux)
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