Bug 293171 - Default timeout causes connection timeouts against busy servers
Summary: Default timeout causes connection timeouts against busy servers
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Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 250303
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Classification: Red Hat
Component: rhnlib
Version: 5.0
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
high
high
Target Milestone: ---
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Assignee: Bret McMillan
QA Contact: Beth Nackashi
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2007-09-17 12:51 UTC by Martin Poole
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:07 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2007-10-24 22:45:03 UTC
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Description Martin Poole 2007-09-17 12:51:20 UTC
+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #250300 +++

Description of problem:

The addition of the default timeout of 30 seconds causes connection timeouts
against busy servers or those with many registered clients.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

2.2.5-1.el5

How reproducible:

Always against busy servers.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create secure server with 
2.
3.
  
Actual results:

# rhnreg_ks --activationkey=test-activation-key
Connection timed out on readline

Expected results:

No timeout.


Additional info:

The issue is with the DEFAULT_TIMEOUT in
/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rhn/SSL.py and its use in connections.py.

Whilst a timeout of 30 seconds might not be unreasonable for the SSL connection
to take place it is not suitable for the ongoing connection. The socket timeout
should be reset to a more reasonable value once the SSL connection is in place.

Attached is a server-side cgi which just delays for a requested amount of time
and a small python script to exercise this cgi via the rhnlib code.

-- Additional comment from mpoole on 2007-07-31 13:43 EST --
Created an attachment (id=160345)
python test example


-- Additional comment from mpoole on 2007-07-31 13:45 EST --
Created an attachment (id=160346)
server-side delay routine

Comment 1 RHEL Program Management 2007-10-16 03:39:32 UTC
This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for inclusion in a Red
Hat Enterprise Linux maintenance release.  Product Management has requested
further review of this request by Red Hat Engineering, for potential
inclusion in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux Update release for currently deployed
products.  This request is not yet committed for inclusion in an Update
release.


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