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authorMarcin Siodelski <marcin@isc.org>2017-07-04 18:12:46 +0200
committerMarcin Siodelski <marcin@isc.org>2017-07-04 18:12:46 +0200
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parent[5318] Default control connection timeout is now 10s. (diff)
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[5318] Updated User's Guide with the information about connection timeouts.
Also, included a note about removal of the 64kB command restrictions.
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@@ -60,6 +60,20 @@
it on its own.
</para>
+ <para>Control connections over both HTTP and unix domain sockets are
+ guarded with timeouts. The default timeout value is set to 10s
+ and is not configurable. The timeout configuration will be
+ implemented in the future.
+ </para>
+
+ <note>
+ <simpara>Kea 1.2.0 release and earlier had a limitation of 64kB
+ on the maximum size of a command and a response sent over the unix
+ domain socket. This limitation has been removed after Kea 1.2.0
+ release.
+ </simpara>
+ </note>
+
<section id="ctrl-channel-syntax">
<title>Data Syntax</title>
<para>Communication over the control channel is conducted using JSON