Setting the Timeout Period on the Server Side
Explore how to set read and write timeout periods on Go servers to prevent resource exhaustion from slow or hanging client connections. Understand the importance of server-side timeouts in handling DoS attacks and software bugs, and learn how to apply these techniques in your HTTP server code to improve performance and stability.
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This lesson presents a technique for timing out network connections that take too long to finish on the server side. This is much more important than the client side because a server with too many open connections might not be able to process more requests unless some of the already open connections close. This ...