[hobbit] network test timeouts for hung TCP connects?

Henrik Stoerner wrote:

All network tests done by Hobbit must timeout if the other end doesn't respond. The default timeout is 10 seconds (set with the "--timeout=N" option to bbtest-net).

The problem is, the ports DO respond, you can telnet for example to port 25, and it connects...but the daemon does not respond...you can input text you will get nothing back, and unless you ^], break, the telnet session it will stay hung and connected indefinitely. It's these sort of hangs I'm hoping Hobbit can sense and timeout on. Unfortunately the only way for me to test it, is for a machine to lock up in that manner, and although it happens every now and then, I cannot reproduce it at will.

-Charles