Timeout Status Code

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Date: Mon, 13 Jun 1994 14:26:30 +0200
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From: John C. Mallery <JCMa@reagan.ai.mit.edu>
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Subject: Timeout Status Code
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We need a status code for internal use in clients and servers when a
connection times out before the transaction is complete.

I implement this in the CL-HTTP server but there is no standard code for use
when writing access logs in Common Logfile Format.

Presumably a 4xx code should suffice.  For now I am using 601.  I am using 6xx
code for any non-standard status codes I need.

I'm currently using 5 minutes as a timeout.  Any thoughts on better timeout
limits?