.. _rfc-004:

RFC 004: The Timeout SEC Node Property
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- Status: Final
- Submit Date: 2017-05-30
- Authors: SECoP committee
- Type: Issue
- PR:
- Version: 1.0

Summary
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Specifies how to select a suitable response timeout for a SEC node.


Issue text
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For a SECoP client, in order to detect that a connection to a SECoP server is dead,
'ping' messages can be sent. When no 'pong' message is received within a specified
time, then the client can consider the connection as dead.

If the server does not specify a the SEC node property 'timeout', the timeout
is assumed to be 3s.

Opinions
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On the meeting in Garching (2017-09-14) it was proposed to fix this a standard.


Decision
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It is assumed that when a SEC node is not replying within *timeout*
seconds, the client may assume that the SEC node is dead or stuck.

If *timeout* is not specfied as a SEC node property. it is assumed to
be 10 seconds.