active connections when hibernating

[Michael_google gmail_Gersten]

What do you mean by "Hibernating"?

Any process will need to be running in order to close connections;
otherwise, the kernel has to at least track that "This connection has
been closed by the other side, but not yet acknowledged as closed by
this side.".

On 7/13/07, Jens Kubieziel <maillist at kubieziel.de> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm running a tor server on Debian etch (0.1.2.14). It's currently
> hibernating. Today I needed to restart it. After the restart the number
> of active connections dropped
> (<URL:http://www.kubieziel.de/tmp/br.png>). Why had it open some 30
> connections even if it was hibernating? It's not used as OP or anything
> else, just a plain OR. Also the restart freed approx. 200M RAM.
>
> --
> Jens Kubieziel                                   http://www.kubieziel.de
> Pazifisten sind wie Schafe, die glauben, der Wolf sei ein Vegetarier.
> Zarko Petan
>
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
> Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux)
>
> iD8DBQFGl7ivVm02LO4Jd+gRAvOzAKCIkz8FnEhK+Dw7UK3x/o/DNgmKVgCfd88T
> 8n44WOlYTdw1jHbgBWNcBbw=
> =MpfX
> -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
>
>