> The ctl file also lets you control other connection settings, such as keep alive. Yes, though this could have been achieved with a bunch of sysfs-like entrie

> The ctl file also lets you control other connection settings, such as keep alive. Yes, though this could have been achieved with a bunch of sysfs-like entries under /net/tcp/127.0.0.1/80/<port>/ with the added benefit of being easily discoverable. > It would also be unfortunate to run ls in /net/tcp and dump the entire IPv4/6 space into your terminal. A reasonable semantics here would be to only list hosts to which there are active connections.