iTP Secure WebServer System Administrator's Guide (iTPWebSvr 5.1+)

Configuration Directives
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InputTimeout
InputTimeout
Syntax
InputTimeout time-in-seconds
Description
You set the InputTimeout directive to the period (in seconds) that the server is to
wait to receive a request from a web client before closing the connection.
Only one InputTimeout directive is allowed in the configuration file.
Default
InputTimeout 120
which assigns 2 minutes, measured in seconds.
Example
InputTimeout 60
KeepAliveTimeout
Syntax
KeepAliveTimeout timeout-value
Description
Use the KeepAliveTimeout directive to specify the number of seconds that the iTP
Secure WebServer should wait for a request before terminating a persistent TCP/IP
connection. The KeepAliveTimeout directive can occur only once in the
configuration file.
Persistent connections are a feature introduced in the HTTP/1.1 protocol to improve
performance. In earlier versions of HTTP, each request for a URL resulted in a new
connection. Serving a page often requires many requests (for example to include a
graphics file in a page of text), so a complex page could take considerable time to load.
When a server supports persistent connections, it establishes a connection when the user
makes a request; the connection stays open for the series of related requests the client
makes of the server.
This directive lets you control how long the server waits for the next request from the
client. If the timeout expires, the server closes the connection. If a new request arrives
from the client, the server creates a new connection. The user does not experience any
disruption of service.