What does "infinity" really mean on a connection timeout? Does it retry the connection?
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The difference between connection and read timeout, is that read specifies how long the data connection can be open until it automatically closesc, correct?
A connection timeout specifies how long the socket should wait until a connection is established, correct?
So if a connection timeout is set to "infinity" what does that really mean? Will it try to establish a connection and if no response is given (as on packets are lost? or port is down?) it will just idle? or will
Could someone please explain the basics of network/socket timeouts? and in what situation can a client socket wait infinity?
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