Setting the Timeout Period on the Server Side

Let’s learn how to set the timeout period on the server side.

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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 usually happens for two reasons. The first reason is software bugs, and the second reason is when a server is experiencing a denial of service (DoS) attack!

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The main() function in timeoutServer.go shows the technique:

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Course Introduction

Introduction to Go

Basic Go Data Types

Composite Data Types

Reflection and Interfaces

Go Packages and Functions

Telling a UNIX System What to Do

Go Concurrency

Building Web Services

Working with TCP/IP and WebSocket

Working with REST APIs

Code Testing and Profiling

Working with gRPC

Go Generics

Conclusion

Appendix A—Go Garbage Collector

Setting the Timeout Period on the Server Side

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