[hobbit] Large number of TIME_WAITs

["Gary Baluha" <gumby3203 (at) gmail.com>]

I noticed something strange on my Hobbit server, though I'm not sure if it's
a problem or not.  There are about 140 TIME_WAITs from the local IP of the
Hobbit server, and about 30 TIME_WAITs from localhost, all using port 1984.
They look something like this:

0      0 1.2.3.4:42389         1.2.3.4:1984          TIME_WAIT
0      0 1.2.3.4:42394         1.2.3.4:1984          TIME_WAIT
0      0 1.2.3.4:42399         1.2.3.4:1984          TIME_WAIT
0      0 1.2.3.4:42396         1.2.3.4:1984          TIME_WAIT
0      0 1.2.3.4:42397         1.2.3.4:1984          TIME_WAIT

0      0 127.0.0.1:42310             127.0.0.1:1984              TIME_WAIT
0      0 127.0.0.1:42309             127.0.0.1:1984              TIME_WAIT
0      0 127.0.0.1:42315             127.0.0.1:1984              TIME_WAIT
0      0 127.0.0.1:42322             127.0.0.1:1984              TIME_WAIT
0      0 127.0.0.1:42320             127.0.0.1:1984              TIME_WAIT

There are also a few on various other ports:
0      0 127.0.0.1:42246             127.0.0.1:29021             TIME_WAIT
0      0 127.0.0.1:42301             127.0.0.1:29023             TIME_WAIT
0      0 127.0.0.1:42362             127.0.0.1:29017             TIME_WAIT
0      0 127.0.0.1:29030             127.0.0.1:42380             TIME_WAIT
0      0 127.0.0.1:42348             127.0.0.1:29019             TIME_WAIT


Any idea why there should be so many of them, particularly on the localhost
address?  And any idea if this looks abnormal or not?